Apple has a significant problem that has suddenly become a front-page story, putting the iPhone’s security and privacy credentials into question. It turns out that what happens on your iPhone does not always stay on your iPhone.
It has previously been warned of a potentially major security flaw in Apple’s iPhone when it comes to private messages transmitted among the company’s billion-plus users.
“Privacy is embedded in from the start,” Apple argues. “Strong securities methods help ensure that your data is only accessible by you.” If only it was that easy. Now, from an unexpected source, a new warning has surfaced.
iMessage is Apple’s default end-to-end encrypted messenger. It was developed to compete with WhatsApp, and it appears to have the same level of security, however only within Apple’s environment.
You’ll get SMS back if you send a message to an Android user in 2021, which is undesirable—more on that later.
Even if you believe you are safe, you are most likely mistaken. With iMessage, there’s a catch.
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