An Apple security flaw could affect 1 billion users

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About 1 billion Apple users could be affected by a security flaw in the instant messaging service iMessage, warns cybersecurity expert Zack Doffman in his new article published in Forbes magazine this December 4.

According to the specialist, the problem lies in the iCloud storage system and the general backups that users make on their iPhone. Thus, using the default settings, iMessages are synced across all Apple devices that a customer has. In addition, by default a copy of the data and settings of the ‘smartphone’ is saved in iCloud.

Doffman stresses that iMessage has end-to-end encryption, which would generally prevent content breach. However, the expert emphasizes that the accumulation of backup copies of data in iCloud includes, among other things, the storage of encryption keys, which makes end-to-end encryption “quite useless.”

The specialist mentioned that the problem came to light last week after the publication of an FBI document detailing the messaging platforms that agents can easily access.

“If the target uses iCloud backup, encryption keys must also be provided with content return [acceso legal]; You can also purchase iMessages from iCloud Returns if the target has activated Messages in iCloud, “reads the text of the file.

(With information from RT in Spanish)

Reference-www.cubadebate.cu

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