Where the platforms cannot access your data, they cannot be compelled to do so by law enforcement agencies. After all, the encryption fight between big tech and lawmakers revolves around the inability for investigators to break end-to-end encryption. But WhatsApp still uses backups.Īll of this leaves WhatsApp in an uncomfortable spot. All of which hits home when upgrading to a new device, where the process is designed around iCloud’s syncing by default. But, with iMessage, you would need to lose access to ALL your devices to lose your messages.Īs ever more data can be synced using iCloud or other cloud services, the idea of having a unified backup in case you lose a device becomes much less critical. Similarly, you don’t need to enable Apple’s iCloud backups, storing an iMessage key. You don’t need to back up WhatsApp to iCloud-but you risk losing your message history if you lose or change your phone. If the encryption limitation with iCloud backups is little understood across Apple’s vast userbase, this innovative iMessage fix now in place is even less well understood. “If you have iCloud Backup turned on, your backup includes a copy of the key protecting your Messages.”
“No one else can access or read this data.” Apple does not have a key. “Messages in iCloud” maintains end-to-end encryption, “your data is protected with a key derived from information unique to your device, combined with your device passcode, which only you know” Apple explains. If you add a new device, you simply enable “ Messages in iCloud” under your iCloud settings and all your messages will be uploaded. Not only that, but Apple also offers the option to sync your full message history across all those linked devices.
You can use the same iMessage account on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
So, how did iMessage fix the problem? Unlike WhatsApp, iMessage offers multi-platform access. Let’s put this more simply, WhatsApp’s recommended method to transfer your account to a new iPhone was rejected by Apple for its own iMessage three years ago, given the serious security and privacy concerns involved.
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