Oh please. Maybe you can help us out with the Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories.No accident. Just intensifying the push to iCloud Backup and storage fees.
It matters less. If somebody gets physical access to your computer, they first have to crack your FileVault password (which hopefully isn't 1234). That gives them access to all files on your computer, but any passwords stored, eg, in Keychain, 1Password or your iOS device backup are protected by another password that then also needs to be cracked (unless you use the same as for FileVault ...).
Or if the warrant is so easy to get, like buying a notebook from supermarket?
Apple sometimes act like a late comer, sometimes act like a pioneer.
No accident, whatever happens in the world, all and everything is part of an evil plan. Nothing ever happens by chance or simply human error.No accident. Just intensifying the push to iCloud Backup and storage fees.
Holding unlimited resources does not warrant the individual can finish any task error-free. And, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. I believe some programmers in Apple is sleeping on bed covered with needles.
But entering 50 character password is also a very time consuming task need to be done everyday. Maybe the hacker just use keylogger or something else similar to record what you are entering rather than cracking brutally. Mine is 24 Random characters btw.
Or just set up headquarters in Beijing, China.
No. That would be highly unsecure, since it would imply that you could simply retrieve most items from the device keychain unencrypted from a paired computer without any protection. Search for "backup keybag" in the iOS Security Guide.
Of course it is possible. E.g. they could have a function that uses a simple hash in some cases and PBKDF2 in others depending on some parameter.
Like being a government whistleblower or a political dissident in an oppressive country?
Yet another variation of the stupid "what do you have to hide" argument.
No wonder more and more governments around the world feel they can violate our privacy and constitutional rights with impunity.
Nope. They said it doesn't effect iCloud backups. And it's not physical access to a phone its physical access to a PC with the backup. I would image it's much harder to get into a phone with physical access then a computer
In the case of the iOS device backup, that password can be stored in the Keychain and thus the only password you have to type in is the Keychain password.
Apple very likely doesn't even know your iCloud password (but only have a secure hash for authentication). Of course, they can just directly hand over data that is stored in the cloud account. But they control what they hand over, rather than giving anybody blanket access by handing over the password.
