You may need to rethink your burden[quote=“WearySky, post:8, topic:12338”]
While I actually don’t disagree with some of your points, “because they said they haven’t” is not actually proof that they haven’t.
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But it’s not exactly proof that they have either, and in this instance, that’s where the burden of evidence lies. If they were inclined to look at the messages, they wouldn’t have set it up so messages are protected by end to end encryption, something they were in no way obligated to do. If there’s no evidence to suggest that they’re lying and acting illegally, then there’s no reason to think there’s anything to it.
The real story here anyway is not that Apple lied, it’s that Apple was telling the truth. They said back in June that iMessages were encrypted end to end, and that they couldn’t read them. There was no way to independently verify that they were being encrypted at the time because Apple released no information about it, and it’s a closed system not open to inspection. Now, somebody has independently verified it. End to end encryption just as Apple said. Don’t you feel reassured now? 
