I use wifi a lot at the office on my iphone and was wondering can they read my messages when I'm connected to the wifi?
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iMessage is a closed-source program that Apple controls. It is encrypted from your device to there servers, so Apple says.
Apple’s Commitment to Customer Privacy
Read this iMore.com article for more detail.
Is iMessage secure? The good, the bad, and the complicated
No, they can't.
Can the NSA? Who knows. But unless your employer is the NSA, you should be fine.
Should you be willing to work at a company where you have to ask yourself such questions
What an absolutely ridiculous type of response/question. I wouldn't want ANY company reading my PRIVATE messages...I don't care how great of a company they are/or are not.
Ofcourse, but you didn't read what I said. I said that you shouldn't have to be worrying about that.
No, they can't.
Can the NSA? Who knows. But unless your employer is the NSA, you should be fine.
or unless you are a foreign head of state
I think his point is that it's a legit question, and it's not made less legit based on who your employer is.
It only takes one bad apple in an otherwise stellar organization to violate your privacy.
EDIT: on the other hand, if you're using their hardware or systems like in this case, you don't have a very high expectation of privacy to begin with, but that's a different topic I suppose.
Should you be willing to work at a company where you have to ask yourself such questions
We will just leave it at this... I work for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the Fortune 500... I'm not questioning the ethics/morals of my company.
I'm just wondering if conversations I have with coworkers or my wife via iMessage on my personal phone connected to the companies wifi can be read...
Thank you to those that answered my question.
That's true, but iMessage is probably one of the most private forms of communications today.
Regardless of how secure u think, I would refrain from anything that may embarrass the company, other coworkers, and anything u don't want the n s a to know.
You have no expectation of privacy, you're using their wifi. That's where you need to start.
Now, if you're concerned about the content of these messages, why're you sending them over their wifi?
It really is just that easy.
iMessage is encrypted and only the sender and recipient can see what is in the messages. Apple cannot, nor can any other outside institutions see the encrypted messages.
I am amazed at the un helpful responses here and how they are not related to answering OP's question. It's not a questions of ethics, he just asked if iMessage can be someone else. Why do MR forum members insist on casting such holier than thou replies?
I am amazed at the un helpful responses here and how they are not related to answering OP's question. It's not a questions of ethics, he just asked if iMessage can be someone else. Why do MR forum members insist on casting such holier than thou replies?
I completely agree with your comment about the people in these forums... it must be due to the nanny state this country is becoming more and more of day by day. I thought the original posters question was a very good one.
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That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read in these forums. You have every right to an expectation of privacy regardless of who's Wi-Fi you're using, especially when using something like iMessage which is said to be encrypted and secure. It's a private conversation...it's not like he's posting his message on the wall in public view. Also, the content of his message has no bearing on his question and should have no bearing on the type of response he receives.