Apple has introduced a new security feature for its iMessage platform called Contact Key Verification, made available to developers in iOS 17.2 beta. The feature aims to increase the end-to-end encryption already in place by allowing users to confirm they are messaging only with intended recipients. Apple's Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) team shared a...
The UK has decided to postpone the use of contentious powers proposed in an online safety bill, which would scan messaging apps for harmful content, until a viable technology is developed. Critics have continuously voiced concerns that these measures pose significant threats to user privacy. Addressing the House of Lords, Lord Stephen Parkinson, the junior...
Apple has argued that its flagship service, iMessage, is not popular enough to be designated as a "gatekeeper" under the European Union's forthcoming Digital Markets Act (DMA). This legislation, aimed at curbing Big Tech's power, will set new responsibilities for tech platforms, including data sharing and interoperability with rival apps, reports The Financial Times. The...
Life without messaging apps on your smartphone? Get out of here. That’s what’s happened in the past 12 hours with Apple’s iMessage and Meta’s WhatsApp. Last night just before 1AM PDT/4AM EDT, WhatsApp saw a temporary outage, where no messages were being able to be sent or received. Users only saw a “connecting…” message in...
Apple has shared a video tutorial explaining how to recover deleted Messages conversations on your iPhone. You can delete a single message within your Messages conversations by tapping and holding until the options menu appears. From here, you tap ‘More’, then the Trash button and then ‘Delete Message’. But what if you want to recover...
Google went public this week with its frustration over one of Apple's strongest ecosystem lock-in strategies: the blue and green bubbles in its iMessage service.
