iMessage Key Verification has finally arrived!

In which I get excited about Key Transparency and Contact Key Verification, two security features added to iMessage in today's iOS 17.2 update. Key verification prevents Apple from maliciously sending you compromised public keys when performing the initial key exchange in iMessage for end-to-end encryption.

Apple Security Engineering and Architecture blog: https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-contact-key-verification/

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0:00 iOS 17.2 Released 0:24 How End-To-End Encryption Works 2:40 Key Transparency 3:54 Manual Contact Key Verification 5:02 Enabling Verification in iMessage

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