WhatsApp is end to end encrypted and AFAIK now has encrypted backups.
iMessage intentionally preserves a backdoor in its crypto so that the FBI can read approximately every iMessage sent/received without a warrant, should they so desire.
iMessage intentionally preserves a backdoor in its crypto so that the FBI can read approximately every iMessage sent/received without a warrant, should they so desire.
For the normal person this matters less of course, intelligence services are not interested in your nudes.
> intelligence services are not interested in your nudes
There is actually plenty of evidence they are[1].
[1]: https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/17/5912287/edward-snowden-sa...
If I recall correctly Snowden said the opposite. The guys he was around regularly shared nudes etc of people they were spying ins
Would be great if you provide a source for that.
Might not be the best "source", but there's clear evidence of it being done in the past.
The backdoor in their end to end encryption preserved intentionally by Apple to enable surveillance is what allows them to be read - by Apple.