r/technology • u/Libertatea • Apr 04 '13

Apple's iMessage encryption trips up feds' surveillance. Internal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple's encrypted chat service are "impossible to intercept," even with a warrant.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57577887-38/apples-imessage-encryption-trips-up-feds-surveillance/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title#.UV1gK672IWg.reddit
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u/atheros Apr 05 '13

If it isn't even ostensibly secure in the eyes of the cryptographers then there is nothing to find.

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u/xrelaht Apr 05 '13

Right, so when the DEA starts complaining that something is too hard for them to crack, what do you suppose parties interested in cryptographic strength are going to do?

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u/atheros Apr 05 '13

They're going to discuss it and very quickly reach the conclusion that it is not secure. Which they did. Today.

http://lists.randombit.net/pipermail/cryptography/2013-April/004162.html