So, after this story blew up around the Internet about Apple in theory being able to read iMessages, I suggested that Apple had to respond. Well, via All Things Digital, it has. Here’s what they said:
“iMessage is not architected to allow Apple to read messages,” said Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said in a statement to AllThingsD. “The research discussed theoretical vulnerabilities that would require Apple to re-engineer the iMessage system to exploit it, and Apple has no plans or intentions to do so.”
Here’s the problem with this response. I am willing to accept that Apple didn’t put the ability to intercept iMessages into their original design criteria. But that doesn’t mean that the system isn’t capable of allowing the interception of iMessages. I say that because of these words:
Apple has no plans or intentions to do so.
Perhaps that should read “Apple currently has no plans or intentions to do so.” I say that because this statement doesn’t factor in the possibility that someone with enough power could knock on their door and make them do something to read your iMessages. Remember, we’re not talking about Apple currently doing something, we’re talking about the fact that it’s possible. If I were Apple, I would take what these researchers have done and systematically refute it in a way that anyone from “Joe Average” to security researchers can say “yes, this makes me feel better.”
So how about it Apple?
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Apple Says That It Can’t And Won’t Read Your iMessages
So, after this story blew up around the Internet about Apple in theory being able to read iMessages, I suggested that Apple had to respond. Well, via All Things Digital, it has. Here’s what they said:
“iMessage is not architected to allow Apple to read messages,” said Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said in a statement to AllThingsD. “The research discussed theoretical vulnerabilities that would require Apple to re-engineer the iMessage system to exploit it, and Apple has no plans or intentions to do so.”
Here’s the problem with this response. I am willing to accept that Apple didn’t put the ability to intercept iMessages into their original design criteria. But that doesn’t mean that the system isn’t capable of allowing the interception of iMessages. I say that because of these words:
Apple has no plans or intentions to do so.
Perhaps that should read “Apple currently has no plans or intentions to do so.” I say that because this statement doesn’t factor in the possibility that someone with enough power could knock on their door and make them do something to read your iMessages. Remember, we’re not talking about Apple currently doing something, we’re talking about the fact that it’s possible. If I were Apple, I would take what these researchers have done and systematically refute it in a way that anyone from “Joe Average” to security researchers can say “yes, this makes me feel better.”
So how about it Apple?
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