14 DAY TRIAL // CNet has obtained a DEA document that claims “it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices.” You can’t do it even if a federal judge issues the appropriate court order, because the problem doesn’t lie in the law, but in the technology.
The DEA said, “iMessages between two Apple devices are considered encrypted communication and cannot be intercepted, regardless of the cell phone service provider,” CNet reports.
According to the agency, communications between a non-Apple device and an iPhone “can sometimes be intercepted, depending on where the intercept is placed.” However, when two iPhones are iMessaging each other, intercepting the data becomes impossible.
Apple released iMessages in 2011 as part of iOS 5 alongside the iPhone 4S. At the time, the Cupertino giant boasted that the text messaging service would support multimedia (video, audio) and that it would offer ”secure end-to-end encryption.”