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They could offer to let the user backup the key from the T2 chip to iCloud (and put the port back). Obviously if you're worried about nation state attackers yo
by Mindwipe 8y ago
They could offer to let the user backup the key from the T2 chip to iCloud (and put the port back).
Obviously if you're worried about nation state attackers you wouldn't want to do that in a million years. But if your primary threat model is that you're an average boring home user suffering data loss because you don't backup and dropped coffee on your Macbook it would be a solution.
- mattnewton 8y agoI think their buisiness model is instead to back up your files to iCloud, not the hard drive key. Which also protects drive losses like theft and drive failure, and is generally useful for people with multiple machines. They justify charging you a iCloud service fee for this better user experience. From apple’s perspective, hardrive encryption keys aren’t something the average user is going to care about, but files are. The fact that this drives iCloud storage is probably a happy accident ;)
- eridius 8y agoApple doesn't offer iCloud backup for Macs, only for iOS devices. Apple's backup solution for Macs is Time Machine, which backs up to a local destination (either another drive attached to the machine or a NAS).