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		topranks 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longe... You can opt-in to encrypting those backups so Apple have no access.

modeless 48 days ago [–]

Yes. I believe a small percentage of Apple users do this. Unfortunately that doesn't prevent Apple from reading your messages from the backups of the vast majority of people you correspond with.

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