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This week I told you that Apple's iMessage service has a security problem which can give almost anyone the ability to monitor all messages sent/received by you. If a person has access to your iPhone and inserts your device's card into their own iPhone, they will be able to see everything you say via iMessage and will be able to chat with anyone who sends you messages. This happens when the iMessage service is activated based on a phone number and is a big problem for those who do not take great care of their phone because in 2-3 minutes anyone can activate the iMessage service on their own iPhone using the SIM card in the terminal your.
Basically, this is the whole problem of iMessage because it works natively with phone numbers and if a person steals your iPhone, he will be able to see everything you say via iMessage even if you change the card. The only way you could block his access would be to change your phone number or reactivate iMessage using an Apple ID. Those from TheVerge they tested the security problem in iMessage and proved that if the service is activated on two phones with the same card, both will receive messages even if only one of them has the active card. A restore should theoretically solve the problem of the terminal receiving the messages, but you must have access to that device to block its access.
If you want to be 100% sure that no one will be able to activate iMessage on another terminal using your phone card, then use an Apple ID with iMessage. You can set the Apple ID in Settings>Messages>Receive At>Use your Apple ID for iMessage and no person who does not have the password of your Apple ID will be able to use the service. If the terminal is stolen, then you can change the Apple ID from which you send the messages and the thief will not have access to the information. iMessage really has a problem, but now you know how it works and how you can protect yourself against any ill-intentioned person who in 3 minutes can configure his terminal to receive all the messages sent/received by you via iMessage.
