Apple claims a new iMessage can alert you if state-sponsored spies are eavesdropping
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#66KVD)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple's new iOS and iCloud security initiative includes a new way for iMessage users to verify that they're talking to the person they think they're talking to. The company claims the new iMessage Contact Key Verification will let people who face extraordinary digital threats," such as journalists, activists, or politicians, make sure that their conversations aren't being hijacked or snooped on.
According to a press release on Wednesday, if both people in an iMessage conversation have the feature enabled, they'd get an alert if an exceptionally advanced adversary, such as a state-sponsored attacker, were ever to succeed breaching cloud servers and inserting their own device to eavesdrop on these encrypted communications." They'll also...