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		morpheuskafka on Jan 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FB... It's one thing for them to not encrypt the backups, its another thing to go out of their way to include the iMessage private key in the backup, which completely undermines iMessage E2E for 99% of users.

colejohnson66 on Jan 22, 2020 [–]

I’m not defending it, but they kindof have to if you want to recover your messages if you forget your password.

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