If it weren't so unreliable I'd be seriously considering moving my drug business to iMessage.
I like how everyone's so excited that the government can't read their iMessages, but forgets that Apple can.
What I don't want to live with is a far reaching government that meddles in my affairs.
You can get them with just your Apple ID, so even if they're encrypted on Apple's servers, the keys are also kept there.How would they do that when they are encrypted? Or are you just guessing?
Well, allegedly it wasn't a statement, it was "leaked".
Too bad too.
Our government should understand that we will be safe from their prying eyes and they will have limits on reaching into our lives. I can live with criminals having the ability to speak privately, or there being an option of anonymity.
What I don't want to live with is a far reaching government that meddles in my affairs. Keep out and find a different way to get at criminals. I don't care if some of them will get away with crime, or that they lack the tools to catch criminals when they talk. It's part of the price of being a free and un-meddled with citizenry. Law enforcement will be hard. It should be.
How would they do that when they are encrypted? Or are you just guessing?
You have an amazingly naieve world viewIf someone, say, murders someone I know, exactly how is the criminal being brought to justice supposed to make me feel better? They have some fun in prison, they get out, and that's that. What do I gain exactly?
Not to mention this is the DEA. What do I care if a relative is smoking weed?
Especially since it probably isn't true. They're angling for more leverage like backdoor access to iMessage, the way Microsoft rolled over on Skype.If it was truly 'sensitive', we wouldn't be reading about it here. It's a deliberate leak like all leaks.
Word from the security community is that there isn't any encryption that can't be broken in a reasonable amount of time, nowadays. The government just doesn't want to work that hard. They demand backdoors to everything.
Anyone willing to pay for a private/secure internet? The way government and corporations think they own everything we do online, they should be providing internet access for all, for free.
If you think about it, all internet communications should be private, like the mail system, in the US constitution. Oh, that's right. The government is trying to bankrupt the Mail system, specifically to do away with privacy of communication. Right?
why do they need to wiretap in the first place? to prevent crime?
it doesn't make sense..
Well, allegedly it wasn't a statement, it was "leaked". However, the conspiracy theorist in me has to wonder if "tapping" iMessage is actually quite easy for the Feds, so they "leak" this memo so that those conducting illicit business move to iMessages and can be easily tapped. Excuse me for a moment while I adjust my aluminium foil hat.
The DailyKos article is based off an interview on Keith Olberman/MSNBC.
Exactly. If you find yourself on rendition somewhere and your family doesn't know where you disappeared to and you have no legal recourse, good luck!
And what if I happen to be a political dissident? I mean, J. Edgar Hoover would've had a field day digging through all the digital communications we have today.
Yep. iOS is the clear choice for all Pimps, drug dealers and the mob.