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		0xffff2 on Jan 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client >cryptographically shattered iMessage Could you expand on this? I did a quick search but I don't see anything relevant that's more recent than 2016.

maqp on Jan 23, 2021 | [–]

See my comment from 2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21425897

It's still relevant.

srgpqt on Jan 22, 2021 | [–]

iCloud backups contain iMessage encryption keys so the messages can be decrypted and read by Apple.

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