I don't find it disingenuous. Per the article's title, it is refuting Apple's claim that it "cannot" access iMessages, and on that basis, I think it's entirely

I don't find it disingenuous. Per the article's title, it is refuting Apple's claim that it "cannot" access iMessages, and on that basis, I think it's entirely valid. Apple put out a statement earlier this year: For example, conversations which take place over iMessage and FaceTime are protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them. Apple cannot decrypt that data. [1] I didn't read the article as asserting that the encryption is broken or poorly designed, simply that if compelled, Apple could indeed eavesdrop on iMessages, which contradicts the above statement. The author explains this explicitly: In fairness to Apple, most other commercial messaging systems are also vulnerable to man-in-the-middle or similar attacks mounted by insiders. The difference is that few if any of those other providers have issued public statements claiming the messages sent over their services can be read only by the sender and receiver. [1] https://www.apple.com/apples-commitment-to-customer-privacy/ https://www.apple.com/apples-commitment-to-customer-privacy/