There you go. The same beef with Skype - encrypted communications, but Skype retains the encryption keys (assuming it works the same under Microsoft ownership), so a no-no for privacy/security-minded organizations and individuals. Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes <a...@acm.org> +1 (817) 271-9619 On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Wayne Moore <wmo...@stanford.edu> wrote: > Some people think this is an elaborate troll. Not a Mac user so I can't > really evaluate this and as I understand it the actual details of the > iMessage implementation are not known publicly anyway. > > https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130405/01485922590/dea-accused-leaking-misleading-info-falsely-implying-that-it-cant-read-apple-imessages.shtml > > Basically the claim is that Apple retains the encryption keys so that > while it is true as they say in the "leak" that they can't get the data > from the carriers even with a court order, they could get it by going to > Apple. > > On 4/8/2013 14:31, fr...@journalistsecurity.net wrote: >> I imagine people here might have thoughts about this. Comes from a >> Texas-based, civil liberties-oriented blog. >> >> Encryption for cloud communications may best protect Fourth Amendment >> rights >> via Grits for Breakfast by Gritsforbreakfast on 4/6/13 >> >> http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/04/encryption-for-cloud-communications-may.html >> >> Says readwrite mobile: >> With government requests for personal data on the rise, there are few >> guarantees in place that you or I won't have our private communications >> snooped through. Since the Fourth Amendment hasn't yet caught up with >> the lightning fast pace of technological change, some of the best >> privacy protections are often the ones implemented by tech companies >> themselves. >> Well put. The comment comes in response to a DEA complaint that >> encryption on the Apple iPhone's chat services made them indecipherable, >> even with a warrant. Continued writer John Paul Titlow: >> By architecting iMessage the way it did, Apple created a messaging >> protocol more secure and private than standard text messages, which is >> how millions of people communicate every day. As we fire those texts >> back and forth, we're all creating a digital trail that can be snooped >> upon or hacked more easily than we care to think about. But if they're >> being and sent and received from iPhones running iOS 5 or later, those >> messages are invisible to wiretaps by law enforcement or other prying >> eyes. >> >> Apple didn't have to build iMessage with end-to-end encryption. Gmail >> isn't encrypted this way, nor are the Facebook messages that are >> increasingly used like texts on mobile devices. Clearly, SMS text >> messages aren't particularly well-secured either. Whether winning >> privacy points was its motivation or not, Apple definitely racks up a >> few for this. >> Legislation like Texas Rep. Jon Stickland's HB 3164 to require warrants >> to access electronic communications is one way to protect privacy for >> third-party facilitated communications, but a far more effective one >> would be if Gmail, Facebook, and other major providers encrypted user >> messages. Those companies may or may not have an economic incentive to >> do so, but they're arguably in a better position in many cases than >> legislatures or the courts to protect privacy and Fourth Amendment >> rights. >> >> Frank SmythExecutive DirectorGlobal Journalist >> Securityfrank@journalistsecurity.netTel. + 1 202 244 0717Cell + 1 202 >> 352 1736Twitter: @JournoSecurityWebsite: www.journalistsecurity.netPGP >> Public Key >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- > Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. > It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. > > William Pitt (1759-1806) > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
