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When I was doing forensics for the police, 9/10 times if we had an iPhone we couldn't get into there'd be an unencrypted iTunes backup. Didn't even need to go t
by mayniac 8y ago
When I was doing forensics for the police, 9/10 times if we had an iPhone we couldn't get into there'd be an unencrypted iTunes backup. Didn't even need to go to Apple for it, it's all local.
Wouldn't get everything from it, iirc it's photos, bookmarks, contacts and documents as well as some app storage (WhatsApp, notably).
- codezero 8y agoDidn't realize app storage would be in the iTunes backup, but I guess it makes total sense!
- toasterlovin 8y agoSurely the window on this is rapidly closing. I haven't synced my phone to my computer in years. Can't imagine I'm alone here...
- scarface74 8y agoSeeing that the last time that the only way you could back up your phone was via iTunes was before the introduction of iOS 5 in 2011, the chance of finding someone with an iTunes backup is slim.
- jonknee 8y agoPlenty of people are cheap and don't pay for iCloud storage which means if you want any backup at all it's local.
- scarface74 8y agoI have four devices on my account and I can back them all up with the 5GB free account. It doesn’t back up your apps - just your data
- jonknee 8y agoThat's great for you, but most people have enough photos and videos that 5GB isn't enough for a single device, let alone four. For a similar reason this is why many people complained that Apple continued to ship 32GB phones for so long, it's just too small for most people.
- scarface74 8y agoI use Google Photos and iCloud photo syncing. Pictures and Videos are automatically downloaded to my Windows computer. https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht205323 https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht205323
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