[9fb29947]

> Also, I thought the consensus was that Apple was 'backdooring' iMessage by giving LE access to iCloud backups which include iMessage, not compromising iMessage directly?

Can you please expand on this? How would access to iCloud backup not compromise iMessage?

[delinka]

The backups store messages as plaintext within the [encrypted?] backup. This compromises the messages themselves, but not the iMessage protocol nor systems.

[citruspi]

iCloud backups are not encrypted, and they include iMessage conversations. So the backups don't compromise the iMessage "service" or "application," but simply provide access to messages sent and received before the backup was made.