From blog.elcomsoft.com
How secure are your chats in your favorite instant messenger? Can someone intercept and read your secret conversations, and can you do something about it? Apple users have access to the highly popular instant messaging system, the iMessage. But how secure it really is? Let’s find out.
When it comes to instant messaging, there are generally three ways to gain access to your chats:
- Intercept messages in transit
- Obtain conversation backups from a cloud
- Extract messages from the endpoints (devices)