Posted by Heba El-Sayed
Sunday, May 21, 2023 06:00 PM
Seems to check the call key in iMessageIt may arrive with the release of iOS 16.6, just over two weeks before the start of WWDC 2023, as Apple announced at the end of last year iMessage Contact Key Verification, a tool the company said would allow those facing “unusual digital threats” to protect their conversations. from malicious actors.
As first reported by MacRumors, Apple started rolling out the first beta version of iOS 16.6 last Friday, and among the features that the release appears to be adding is iMessage Contact Key Verification.
A new option within the Settings app indicates that Apple is working on the tool, but at the moment it doesn’t show Enable Contact Key Verification to activate the feature.
MacRumors speculates that this may be because the company has not fully implemented call key verification in iMessage.
Once there, iMessage Contact Key Verification, provided the feature is enabled for everyone in an iMessage conversation, will automatically send an alert when Apple detects that someone has added a rogue device to an account.
The company envisions the feature protecting activists, government officials, and journalists from state-sponsored hackers.
It is one of the features that Apple is expected to add to iOS 16 before the company turns its full attention to iOS 17.
