STC on the latest battle between Facebook and Apple as WhatsApp takes on iMessage
There is a major caveat to all that, though. To keep iMessage end-to-end encrypted when using its multi-device “Messages in iCloud,” you need to disable the generic iCloud backup on your devices. Otherwise, Apple unhelpfully stores a copy of your encryption key in your backup, which means it can access your key and your content.
All that has now changed. “For years,” WhatsApp said this month, confirming its new plans, “people have been asking us to create a true multi-device experience that allows people to use WhatsApp on other devices without requiring a smartphone connection.”That is now here. “To achieve this,” WhatsApp says, “we had to rethink [our] architecture and design new systems to enable a standalone multi-device experience while preserving privacy and end-to-end encryption.
There are other features coming to WhatsApp as well, as the platform plays catch-up with rivals—iMessage but also Signal and Telegram. Disappearing messages and now view-once media are fantastic options, neither of which are available on iMessage. And WhatsApp encrypted voice and video calls, now with the addition of “joinable calls.”
Apple’s defense against the Pegasus PR backlash has been to point to the highly targeted nature of the attacks, the expense, sophistication and rarity of the exploit, and the fact that “the overwhelming majority of our users” should not be concerned.
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