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With Security Keys for Apple ID, users have the choice to require a physical security key to sign in to their Apple ID account. With iMessage Contact Key Verification, users can verify they are communicating only with whom they intend. IMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys for Apple ID, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud provide users with important new tools to protect their most sensitive data and communicationsĪpple today introduced three advanced security features focused on protecting against threats to user data in the cloud, representing the next step in its ongoing effort to provide users with even stronger ways to protect their data.

And for even higher security, iMessage Contact Key Verification users can compare a Contact Verification Code in person, on FaceTime, or through another secure call.Īpple advances user security with powerful new data protections Conversations between users who have enabled iMessage Contact Key Verification receive automatic alerts if an exceptionally advanced adversary, such as a state-sponsored attacker, were ever to succeed breaching cloud servers and inserting their own device to eavesdrop on these encrypted communications. The vast majority of users will never be targeted by highly sophisticated cyberattacks, but the feature provides an important additional layer of security for those who might be. Now with iMessage Contact Key Verification, users who face extraordinary digital threats - such as journalists, human rights activists, and members of government - can choose to further verify that they are messaging only with the people they intend. FaceTime has also used encryption since launch to keep conversations private and secure.

Apple pioneered the use of end-to-end encryption in consumer communication services with the launch of iMessage, so that messages could only be read by the sender and recipients.