On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Jeffrey Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-05-16, at 3:50 PM, william yager <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm curious how, when I add a new device to my iMessage account, all my old >> IMs show up in the chat history on the *new* device. If my understanding is >> correct, it appears that someone who possesses a cleartext copy of the >> messages is re-encrypting them with the new device's public key. > > Off the top of my head, I can't think of a plausible explanation other than > Apple keeping a copy of those messages around in either plaintext or in a > form that they can decrypt on their own. > These seems relevant....
Dr. Green's blog: http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2012/08/dear-apple-please-set-imessage-free.html and http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230388/Apple_pushes_iMessage_after_SMS_spoof_revealed_but_tech_under_patent_cloud Jeff _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
