At a time when Apple emphasizes the respect for the privacy of users and is what is referred to him CEO "Tim Cook" on more than one occasion, especially after the crisis that broke out between the company and the FBI after Apple refused to decrypt phone one involved in the process of San Bernardanao terrorist , the new document questioning the application iMessage respect for users' privacy.
The new document issued by the Department of electronic surveillance laws in Florida, which indicates that Apple maintains private information of users on your application iMessage correspondence in their own servers, where the document indicates that, while the installation of a telephone number in the application, the signal directed toward Apple's servers to determine whether The desired number is linked to Apple's iOS or that he should send an SMS text message system.
In addition to that the company is interested in collecting other private information especially with regard to the date and time of writing the number in addition to its geographical location and that based on the user's IP address, but more seriously that all this information is stored in the company's servers found in all the while the police can after submitting a court order to do so.
Company confirmed through a spokesperson to the media this information but it is confirmed that the user data on iMessage remain encrypted and stored to a temporary period and is 30 days.
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