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They might well be encrypted end-to-end, but who manages the keys? If Apple manages the keys on the server side, then that end-to-end encryption does not preven
by pcl 13y ago
They might well be encrypted end-to-end, but who manages the keys? If Apple manages the keys on the server side, then that end-to-end encryption does not prevent Apple from accessing the messages.
If you read the article, you'll note that the author was successful with an attack that demonstrates that Apple can access the plain text of at least recently-delivered messages (and possibly all of the backed up messages).
- schrodinger 13y agoApple manages public keys, not private. They'd have to lie to you and give you their own public key, and then man in the middle your conversation to get it.
- robotresearcher 13y agoRight. A security system that relies on someone not lying to you is not so hot.