> For at least the last decade, Apple has offered truly secure encrypted local backups of iOS devices, using iTunes on a Mac or PC. I don't see a citation for

> For at least the last decade, Apple has offered truly secure encrypted local backups of iOS devices, using iTunes on a Mac or PC. I don't see a citation for this claim. How do we know if this is correct? Trust but verify. > ... for most iPhone and iPad users it’s irrelevant, because they never connect their devices to a Mac or PC, and the overwhelming majority of them surely have no idea that the feature even exists. That's precisely why Reuters didn't mention iCloud in its headline. For almost all iOS device owners, backup means iCloud backup.