txt.sour.is mckinley@twtxt.net "The end-to-end encryption means very little if you have your messages backed up in iCloud because the encryption keys are also stored with the m ..."

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↳ In-reply-to » @bender Messages (formally known as iMessages) has always lacked e2e encryption though and often falls back to using SMS which is worse for security and privacy. -- OTOH this might be all changing for the better with Google lounging for a new standard? 🤔 (Although I do have to wonder: "What's in it for Google?")

The end-to-end encryption means very little if you have your messages backed up in iCloud because the encryption keys are also stored with the messages in iCloud according to this FBI document. If that’s the case, Apple can definitely read your messages as well as (obviously) any government agency who can make a legal request to Apple.

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