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No, Apple doesn’t need to know your backup key to reset your password and retain backups. I explained why in my previous comment. If they’re not stuffing it in
by abalone 9y ago
No, Apple doesn’t need to know your backup key to reset your password and retain backups. I explained why in my previous comment. If they’re not stuffing it in iCloud Keychain (yet) it’s not because the infrastructure can’t support it in principle. See: iCloud Keychain recovery. It’s probably just a matter of maturity; they still haven’t rolled out iMessages in iCloud which is a similar case.
- comstock 9y agoI think they want to support the scenario of lost device, lost password, but still allow restoring data to a new device.