{"id":43102,"date":"2023-08-23T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43102"},"modified":"2023-08-23T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:39:10","slug":"urgent-warning-to-all-iphone-owners-over-texts-that-arent-as-private-as-you-may-think-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/urgent-warning-to-all-iphone-owners-over-texts-that-arent-as-private-as-you-may-think-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent warning to all iPhone owners over texts that aren't as private as you may think | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

APPLE fans have received fresh warning over a little-known system that means your text messages aren't as private as you think they are. <\/p>\n

It's all because Apple can be stingy with its end-to-end encrypting of conversations had through its messages app.<\/p>\n

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End-to-end encrypted technology scrambles messages and any other data sent between phones into long strings of numbers that can't be decoded by anyone – including hackers, app companies or the police.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp prizes itself on encrypting all of its data (so much so, that it is currently butting heads with the UK government over it). <\/p>\n

But Apple's native messaging service isn't quite the same. <\/p>\n

If you use Apple\u2019s in-built app, iMessages that you send and receive are only end-to-end encrypted if everyone else in the chat is using that app. <\/p>\n

Here's a simple way of knowing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the text you see is in a blue bubble, the contents of message is end-to-end encrypted for everyone in the chat.<\/p>\n

This means that even Apple's overlords couldn't read those texts – or the government. <\/p>\n

However, if the message appears in a green bubble – it is not encrypted, and therefore is not privy to the same kind of security. <\/p>\n

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In turn, it's possible these messages could then be passed onto to police with valid legal orders, or even lost to hackers. <\/p>\n

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