What the Apple Antitrust Suit Means for the Future of Messaging

Apple has gotten used to being a favourite goal of rivals and authorities businesses. The corporate has been repeatedly scrutinized by regulators all over the world, and different tech corporations have accused the corporate of anticompetitive practices. Apple’s most up-to-date authorized problem is a doozy: an antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Division of Justice and greater than a dozen state attorneys basic. The swimsuit takes intention on the safety and privateness options provided solely on the iPhone, and accuses Apple of utilizing that exclusivity to lock shoppers into its ecosystem. On the heart of the swimsuit is the shortage of cross-platform encryption on Apple’s messaging platform—the inexperienced bubble-blue bubble divide—which the federal government alleges harms shoppers by leaving them extra susceptible to assaults.

This week on Gadget Lab, we speak with WIRED senior safety editor Andrew Couts concerning the encryption and privateness points behind the DOJ’s swimsuit towards Apple, and the way the dreaded inexperienced bubbles on iMessage think about.

Present Notes

Learn Andrew and Andy Greenberg’s WIRED story about how the DOJ is targeting Apple’s iMessage encryption. Learn Lauren’s story about how the antitrust case is all concerning the green bubbles, actually.

Suggestions

Andrew recommends profumo del chianti sea salt spice combine. Lauren recommends the guide Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Mike recommends going to the Big Ears music festival subsequent yr in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Andrew Couts will be discovered on social media @AndrewCouts. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the principle hotline at @GadgetLab. The present is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.

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