Apple improves iMessages messaging security
Apple's cybersecurity team said it has achieved a milestone by developing the latest end-to-end encrypted messaging technology.
Starting with Apple's upcoming updates, which include iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4, Apple will add a new encryption protocol called PQ3 to the iMessage app, which is claimed to provide stronger encryption against "sophisticated quantum computing attacks."
Although there is now no broad threat from these attacks, Apple is making preparations for the future in case some powerful parties try to undermine the security features and encryption standards that are in place in the iMessage application, which is based on extremely powerful computers.
It is important to remember that quantum computing refers to computer systems that perform calculations using the ideas of quantum physics, Since these systems don't rely on conventional bits, they can perform operations more quickly and with greater computational power than conventional computers.
Quantum computing-based computers are used to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks as well as tackle challenging issues in fields like biology and financial systems improvement.
By the end of the decade, these attacks might start to happen, but everyone agrees that defenses against them need to be built sooner.
According to information on Apple's official website, the PQ3 protocol is the first messaging protocol to achieve "third-level security," which is an enhanced level of protection over all other widely used protocols.
Apple continues by saying that hackers can keep whatever encrypted data they currently access in the hopes of decrypting it in the coming years after quantum computers are used as actual attack tools.
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