Not being an iFanatic, I haven’t paid that much attention to what was in iOS5…<\/p>\n
Among its other things, iOS5 includes a builtin capability called iMessage.\u00a0 Cutting through the jargon, it is basically free unlimited text messages.\u00a0 If both parties have an email account associated with an Apple ID (your iTunes account), you can text each other all you want without charge.<\/p>\n
Apple notices that the couterparty is also using an Apple ID and switches the texting app to alert you that you are using iMessage and there is no charge.<\/p>\n
I’m curious how this fits into the regulatory and privacy issues – Apple is not a telecom provider in the traditional sense.\u00a0\u00a0 The government has pretty much unrestricted ability to snoop on text messages today because AT&T is a regulated carrier and AT&T is inclined to turn things over to the government freely anyhow as they’re essentially part of the government when you whittle it all down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Not being an iFanatic, I haven’t paid that much attention to what was in iOS5… Among its other things, iOS5 includes a builtin capability called iMessage.\u00a0 Cutting through the jargon, it is basically free unlimited text messages.\u00a0 If both parties … Continue reading