iMessage's Walled Garden Leaves iPhone Users' Messages Insecure Outside Apple Ecosystem
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iMessage has strong encryption but it doesn't extend beyond Apple's walled garden, leaving iPhone users insecure when messaging Android users
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WhatsApp's hub shows the risks of opening platforms, reminding us how insecure iMessage is outside of Apple devices
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Beeper originally bridged iMessage and Android but had to drop iMessage support to return, leaving iPhone users without encrypted Android messaging
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The only iPhone to Android messaging is via insecure SMS or soon RCS which lacks encryption
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iMessage is great inside Apple's bubble, but iPhone users should use encrypted platforms like Signal and WhatsApp to securely message non-iPhone users