iPhone users have a serious new problem—here’s what you need to know.
The headlines are still coming thick and fast, pushing advice on a user base now equal parts concerned and confused.warned that while Google “shows a lack of respect for users inside its ecosystem,” but when it comes to the FBI’s new text warnings “Apple did the bare minimum because it doesn't care about you either.
.”: Salt Typhoon, a hacking group linked to China’s Ministry of State Security, has infiltrated U.S. networks, harvesting call and message metadata from many users and content from some. The FBI has warned iPhone and Android users to stop using insecure SMS/RCS and to use encrypted platforms instead, albeit they’d rather those platforms shared content if they ask. The FBI’s warning was aimed at U.S. citizens. And while Android outsells iPhone globally as much as 4:1. But not in the U.S., where iPhone still outsells Android and dominates across some key segments of the market—notably the young and those in higher wealth brackets. And so unsurprisingly,Mystery Drones Over New Jersey And Nearby States: Mayorkas Says ‘We Are On It’—But No Known Foreign Involvement WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results: Drew McIntyre Defeats Sami Zayn Apple’s messaging platform is not well understood. It is a front-end for iMessage—its end-to-end encrypted protocol, but also the only SMS client available on iPhone. This was one of the criticisms in this year’s DOJ report into Apple’s walled garden. As of iOS 18, the Messages app also offers RCS messaging as well, meaning it now works with three different standards—iMessage, RCS and SMS. Messaging between Apple users who have iMessage enabled and a live data connection is fully secured, as signified by those famous blue bubbles. Both SMS and RCS—whether transmitted over a data connection or not—are never fully secured, and so you will always see them marked by a green bubble. The Messages app will use the most secure connection it can find—iMessage then RCS then SMS. While RCS is not fully secured, it is better than SMS. But to be frank, anything is better than SMS. But if one of the parties to a chat does not have a data connection or RCS/iMessage enabled, then the platform will automatically revert to SMS unless you disable “Send as Text Message” in settings. Critically, that doesn’t disable SMS it just prevents Messages automatically reverting to SMS in a chat with another Apple users because it can’t find a data path over which to send an iMessage. You can fully disable RCS, though, and RCS if enabled will always revert to SMS if needed, the least secure option on the phone. The real question isn’t whether to stop using iMessage, but whether to stop defaulting to Apple’s Messages app, the SMS/RCS/iMessage client on your phone. And yes, when the FBI advises iPhone users to stop texting Android users, you do need another app. And if you’re going to use another app—a fully encrypted app such as WhatsApp or Signal, then it will also be more secure for iPhone to iPhone texting, because it will always be encrypted and will never fail over to anything else.commented this weekend. “In fact, it's the opposite, and I'm surprised it took so long.” This should have never happened. “Apple and Google could have, and should have, prevented this… Neither side cared about working together to help consumers like us because we were going to buy their anyway.” What should have happened is a joint effort between Apple and Google to bridge their two platforms securely, just as they did with covid contact tracing. But they didn’t. Waiting for a fix to the standard RCS protocol is pointless—too many moving parts, too many cooks and obstacles, too much that could go wrong.asks. “If you live outside the U.S. or Canada, you probably don't have to do anything because you likely don't even use Google Messages or iMessage.” Which takes us to the crux of this FBI warning., the only key market in which it outstrips WhatsApp—at least for now. The rest of the world is already using over-the-top, mostly encrypted alternatives as their dailies. But the FBI warning was directed ant Americans, who are more likely to be using iMessage than not.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.Insults, profanity, incoherent, obscene or inflammatory language or threats of any kindContinuous attempts to re-post comments that have been previously moderated/rejectedAttempts or tactics that put the site security at riskProtect your community.
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