Apple, one of the most valuable technology companies in the world, has increased iMessage security to a serious level with PQ3. strengthens.
Apple made a surprise today and announced a “quantum” level cryptographic security protocol called PQ3 for its popular service iMessage. This is the technology giant “epochal” And “state of the art” He says that the new protocol provides comprehensive defense even against highly sophisticated quantum attacks, and states that the infrastructure that looks great for everyone is not far away. Stating that it will start using the PQ3 protocol with iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4 and watchOS 10.4 to be released in March, Apple also states that PQ3 will fully replace the current cryptography protocol of iMessage before the end of the year. iMessage, which has been exposed to many attacks so far, continues to maintain its popularity among Apple users. By the way, as additional information, let us also point out that Apple has released a new sports application called “Sport” today, which is not available in Turkey.
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Apple before this iMessage specifically included in the European Union rules It was brought to the agenda because it would not happen. For those who missed it iMessage is among the most important elements of the Apple ecosystem. This messaging infrastructure not open to other applications, works through the built-in messaging application, and people are classified with different colors according to the devices they use. The color of a message bubble you receive blue from iPhone, green It comes from an Android phone (only SMS, not data). internet giant Google He has been very critical of exactly this for a long time. The company believes that this situation is especially important among young people. “Pressure to buy iPhone” created and often He claims it has led to the exclusion of Android users. It is reported that this situation, which is especially seen in group chats, has reached the point of despising a person who has a green balloon in his name, that is, an Android user, and it is requested that this be changed specifically for iMessage.
Stating that Apple should not benefit from the bullying that occurs here, GoogleHe also wanted Apple to stop seeing Android users as “second-class citizens”, but Apple did not listen to this. At the end of last year, under the influence of all the pressure, especially the European Union, Apple took a step back and Announced that they will officially adopt the RCS standard in 2024. Then, surprising news came from the EU.
Bloomberg’s As far as we learned from the news, in the investigations carried out by the EU, the service was not used in the business world. It was concluded that it was not popular enough to warrant being subject to the new rules. This was a temporary result at that time, and it was said that if the final decision was in this direction, Apple would not need to make iMessage interoperable with other platforms such as WhatsApp or Messenger.
This situation has become officially clear today. And iMessage was excluded from the new era, namely DMA rules. In summary, the service, which is outside the legislation because it is not widely used by businesses, is very popular among iPhone users, especially in the USA. Many iPhone users in Europe WhatsApp or Telegram He uses instant messaging applications such as.