> By baking it into the OS, Apple ensures that anyone with an iDevice benefits from it.
But only people with iDevices benefit from it.
I prefer Signal to iMessage because iMessage is iOS only, and I'm disappointed with Google for not including an iMessage equivalent with secure messaging by default.
> Compare that to having to download an app that may change depending on possible compromises.
If you mean what I think you mean, using iMessage will not save you/them from this any more than using Signal would, the only benefit to iMessage is that it's already installed on iDevices when you buy them and has secure-messaging enabled by default.
Which is still a step above Android currently - which has no default-installed secure messaging app at all.
But only people with iDevices benefit from it. I prefer Signal to iMessage because iMessage is iOS only, and I'm disappointed with Google for not including an iMessage equivalent with secure messaging by default.
> Compare that to having to download an app that may change depending on possible compromises.
If you mean what I think you mean, using iMessage will not save you/them from this any more than using Signal would, the only benefit to iMessage is that it's already installed on iDevices when you buy them and has secure-messaging enabled by default.
Which is still a step above Android currently - which has no default-installed secure messaging app at all.
I'm lookin at you Google!