I’m not sure I agree with that. Just reading up on this article from August of 
last year:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/imessage-weak-encryption-matthew-green,32466.html
 
<http://www.tomshardware.com/news/imessage-weak-encryption-matthew-green,32466.html>

Couple of points from the article:

- Undelivered messages ARE stored encrypted on Apples servers for up to 30 
days.  Sure someone with the appropriate key can decrypt them. That’s nothing 
new.
- Cloud backups store your messages, they’re encrypted.. and supposedly Apple 
can decrypt them? Or not?  If you’re a terrorist and/or extra paranoid, turn 
them off or use WhatsApp.. Oh wait, don’t they have a backdoor? :)
- They say iMessage is “Not any better than normal TLS”.. well, it’s encrypted. 
Better than not!  
-  From this it also appears Apple implemented most of their short-term 
vulnerability patches for old clients. 

I assume if both sides of the conversation are running the latest iOS version, 
then they’re much more “secure” than running older un-patched ones. 
Just be sure to patch both sides of your iOS devices before your terrorist-ing 
messages are sent! LOL

-c


> On Feb 25, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That's bullshit. iMessage is not encrypted on Apple servers, which the 
> messages pass through. This is why iMessage isn't considered true "end to 
> end" crypto. There have been several papers written on this.
> 
> On Feb 25, 2017 1:00 PM, "Travis Johnson" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Nope... iMessage is encrypted and not even Apple can read the messages.
> 
> Travis
> 
> On 2/25/2017 11:47 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
> Just like iMessage and Siri.
> 
> 
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> 
> On 2/25/2017 8:12 AM, Travis Johnson wrote:
> Now Google will be reading all of your text messages as well... if you use an 
> Android phone that is... LOL
> 
> https://www.cnet.com/news/google-takes-on-apple-imessage-with-enhanced-sms-for-android-rcs/
>  
> <https://www.cnet.com/news/google-takes-on-apple-imessage-with-enhanced-sms-for-android-rcs/>
>  
> 
> Travis
> 
> 
> 
> 

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