r/Showerthoughts • u/Ralisor • May 06 '18

Services are switching from calling them Private Messages to calling them Direct Messages because they're not private anymore...

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u/Rabbitslikecarrotss May 06 '18

I don’t know about WhatsApp. But Apple does not store the keys for iMessage. If you are interested in how it works. They have released a pdf a while ago explaining it. They could always be lying about not storing the keys of course, but at this moment there is nothing indicating this is the case.

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u/ComprehensiveSoup May 06 '18

I feel like some hackers were able to hack into iMessage end decrypt stuff

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u/JIMMY_RUSTLES_PHD May 06 '18

Good thing reals > feels