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Your iPhone has just received a new feature called iMessage Contact Key Verification that is designed to help protect your messages from prying eyes

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Your iPhone has just received a new feature called iMessage Contact Key Verification that is designed to help protect your messages from prying eyes

15 Dec 2023

Apple has shipped iOS 17.2 to all users and it includes a new feature that is intended to protect users from attackers who could be misusing the company’s iMessage server infrastructure. Called iMessage Contact Key Verification, the feature “automatically verifies that you’re messaging with the person that you intend”, thus protecting people from attackers intent on reading or listening in on other people’s conversations.

What has prompted Apple to release the feature and how exactly does it work? Find out in the video.

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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