Apple doesn't have backdoors. There would be no way unless you hand over your recovery key. This is the right way to do it. There is no such thing as a backdoor only for the good guys.
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Apple's Craig Federighi Discusses Expanded iCloud End-to-End Encryption
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More security is always better, just that you gotta remember to turn this on and setup a trusted friend or family member in case you lose access. Kudos to Joanna for always creating great videos and asking the uncomfortable questions. If it was Gruber, he would just gloss over the entire thing.
Again, you can literally read what Apple has done and is currently doing to oppress the Chinese people to cater to the CCP. This isn't a mystery. They've also actively fought against legislation that would reduce slave labor in China while also investing half a trillion dollars and counting in infrastructure to become the most used smart phone in China in lieu of ethics. So please forgive me if I don't take what Apple says regarding encryption in China seriously. Apple says a lot of things about how privacy is a human right ... and then they do the exact opposite of everything they promise in China.
This changes everything. Instant iCloud 2TB buy for me.
When its comes to encryption not every country Laws permits that from being used. When you do foreign travel for business or as just a visitor with personal electronics such as phones/tablets/computers you need to be aware of their rules regarding encryption. See the map in this article.
World map of encryption laws and policies | Global Partners Digital
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Yes Apple is no different than all other businesses that need to obey their requirements in many countries. Take India for a example.
If you used iCloud.com (can't access the data through the website because it's encrypted and browsers won't be delegated access to encryption keys). Or if you aren't willing to setup a necessary recovery key or recovery contact. If you don't set up these you could lose access to your backups and your iCloud account if you lose access to your trusted devices. However they would let you decrypt with your device passcode so just remember what your passcode was. Or if you have older Apple devices that won't get the necessary update to use this, all devices need to be updated to the latest iOS and MacOS on your iCloud account to use this feature.
Really a huge step, they're E2E'ing the rest of things that weren't E2E in iCloud.
Apple was under alot of perceived pressure (correct there) from the government way back when they stopped the rollout of this originally....
So, a big deal and very cool. Users no longer have to do local backups for good encrypted backups once this is rolled out.
Apple was under alot of perceived pressure (correct there) from the government way back when they stopped the rollout of this originally....
So, a big deal and very cool. Users no longer have to do local backups for good encrypted backups once this is rolled out.
Why is everyone cheering this? Did people forget about iCloud Photo Library being publicly shared by Apple to other users, VPN does not even remotely secure or hide anything and lockdown mode is nothing but a marketing scheme?
Now you think this end to end encryption is for real!?!
Now you think this end to end encryption is for real!?!
Yawn. You’re trying too hard and just appear desperate for attention at this point.
Why would bugs in the OS equate to a new feature not being real?
Wow this is amazing. Now, someone needs to check if VPN’s still leak data through tunnels. If so, this last major privacy flaw needs to be addressed.
People keep referring to CSAM as if it were software written by Apple. It is not. It's Child Sexual Abuse Material. What Apple had was a proposal, design, and prototype software to scan for CSAM in a particular way. Stop conflating the two.
Can you point out a country were Apple refused to follow the law of the land and got away with it?
They even removed apps here in Norway after pressure from Norwegian authorities, but no-one cared.