21.10.2013 14:35 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Apple responds to iMessage security fears, says its has "no intentions" to read your messages

Following claims that Apple could easily intercept iMessages despite its assurances to the contrary, an Apple spokesperson has said that the company can't read your messages, and that it has no plans to change this. Apple asserted in June, following disclosures about the NSA's data collection programs, that iMessage, which lets users send texts over Wi-Fi for free, is protected by end-to-end encryption that makes it impossible for Apple or anyone else to descramble the messages. But researchers at the Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur showed it would be possible for someone inside Apple, of their own volition or because they were forced to by a government, to intercept messages. The company's claim that iMessage is protected by unbreakable encryption

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