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Why do you think that blue represents E2EE and not simply iMessage? If data isn't available and the iPhone sends an SMS, like you mentioned, the bubble is green

Why do you think that blue represents E2EE and not simply iMessage? If data isn't available and the iPhone sends an SMS, like you mentioned, the bubble is green, but this doesn't necessarily have anything to do with encryption. For example, the satellite SOS messages are represented as gray. It seems more like the color represents the transport.

X-Istence 3y ago
Because blue means iMessage and iMessage means E2EE. Grey and Green means not encrypted. Simple.
- deleted 3y ago
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- criddell 3y ago
  Gray is encrypted to Apple, and then the information is (of course) shared with third parties. Would you consider that to be a private communication? Kind of. It's a gray area...
  - nielsbot 3y ago
    C'mon...
- danaris 3y ago
  That's your own interpretation of it. You could say "blue means it supports link embedding; green means it doesn't" and it would be just as true. Personally, I strongly suspect that Apple views it as "blue means Apple; green means NIH."
- kbf 3y ago
  Green means cellular, blue means internet. This same color distinction is used in other places in the UI, such as control center and settings.
  - snowwrestler 3y ago
    Nope, it means SMS vs iMessage specifically. > If you see a green message bubble instead of a blue one, then that message was sent using MMS/SMS instead of iMessage. https://support.apple.com/en-us/105087 https://support.apple.com/en-us/105087 > iMessages are texts, photos, or videos that you send to another iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac over Wi-Fi or cellular-data networks. These messages are always encrypted and appear in blue text bubbles. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006
  - mappu 3y ago
    MMS is email-style MIME messages retrieved over HTTP on a data connection. Push notifications for MMS are delivered as a special SMS, but otherwise it's far far closer to internet than cellular, and it's green.
- vitorgrs 3y ago
  Years ago iMessage was not E2EE and it was already blue...

X-Istence 3y ago

Because blue means iMessage and iMessage means E2EE. Grey and Green means not encrypted. Simple.

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criddell 3y ago
Gray is encrypted to Apple, and then the information is (of course) shared with third parties. Would you consider that to be a private communication? Kind of. It's a gray area...
- nielsbot 3y ago
  C'mon...
danaris 3y ago
That's your own interpretation of it. You could say "blue means it supports link embedding; green means it doesn't" and it would be just as true. Personally, I strongly suspect that Apple views it as "blue means Apple; green means NIH."
kbf 3y ago
Green means cellular, blue means internet. This same color distinction is used in other places in the UI, such as control center and settings.
- snowwrestler 3y ago
  Nope, it means SMS vs iMessage specifically. > If you see a green message bubble instead of a blue one, then that message was sent using MMS/SMS instead of iMessage. https://support.apple.com/en-us/105087 https://support.apple.com/en-us/105087 > iMessages are texts, photos, or videos that you send to another iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac over Wi-Fi or cellular-data networks. These messages are always encrypted and appear in blue text bubbles. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006
- mappu 3y ago
  MMS is email-style MIME messages retrieved over HTTP on a data connection. Push notifications for MMS are delivered as a special SMS, but otherwise it's far far closer to internet than cellular, and it's green.
vitorgrs 3y ago
Years ago iMessage was not E2EE and it was already blue...