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Apple brings end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.  Here's what that means

Apple brings end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups. Here’s what that means

June Wan/ZDNET Apple has unveiled plans to let users choose to encrypt their iCloud backups in a move that will thwart hackers – and also impose limits on law enforcement requests for user data. The new Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud will allow users to encrypt data on Apple’s servers and thereby prevent Apple …

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FBI calls Apple's improved iCloud encryption 'deeply concerning' as privacy groups hail it a win for users

FBI calls Apple’s improved iCloud encryption ‘deeply concerning’ as privacy groups hail it a win for users

Apple announced yesterday that end-to-end encryption applies to even more sensitive types of iCloud data, including device backups, contacts, messages, photos, and more, responding to long-standing user demand and privacy groups that have rallied around the company. to take an important step in protecting user privacy. ‌iCloud‌ end-to-end encryption, or what Apple calls “advanced data …

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