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		lern_too_spel on June 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: With a single wiretap, police collected 9.2M text ... iMessage has a backdoor for Apple in the keyserver that a government can compel Apple to use for a wiretap. https://www.lawfareblog.com/iphones-fbi-and-going-dark The existence of this backdoor (in combination with the fact that iCloud and iMessage are operated by a PRC-controlled business in China) is likely the reason iMessage is not blocked in China.

toomuchtodo on June 30, 2019 [–]

It does not permit the same dragnet to occur as using bare SMS messages.

lern_too_spel on June 30, 2019 | [–]

It makes possible a dragnet of iMessage communications in China. In the US, the Fourth Amendment prevents a dragnet on SMS messages (and on iMessage).

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