Apple is fixing encrypted email on macOS because it’s not quite as encrypted as we thought

ronjor · Nov 8, 2019

By Jay Peters Nov 8, 2019

Before we go any further, you should know this likely only affects a small number of people. You need to be using macOS, Apple Mail, be sending encrypted emails from Apple Mail, not be using FileVault to encrypt your entire system already, and know exactly where in Apple’s system files to be looking for this information. If you were a hacker, you’d need access to those system files, too.
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guest · Feb 5, 2020

Apple Mail Encryption bug fixed
February 4, 2020
https://medium.com/@boberito/apple-mail-encryption-bug-fixed-d10f7395352e

10.15.3 update no longer stores encrypted emails, unencrypted!

The Apple Mail S/MIME encryption bug I blogged about back in November has been solved by the 10.15.3 update for Catalina that was released on January 28th!
I was also contacted by AppleCare Enterprise Support around the same time about the upcoming fix. In less than 90 days from my previous blog post, the public release of 10.15.3 solves the email encryption bug.

If you’re very conscious and concerned about data collection, you may still want to disable Siri Suggestions. Or, if you’re on Sierra, High Sierra, or Mojave, disabling Siri Suggestions would be the way to stop encrypted messages from being ingested and stored in the snippets.db database file.
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