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And when the average user forgets their iCloud password and loses their everything? Apple decided the trade off for that is worth it, and they provide an altern

And when the average user forgets their iCloud password and loses their everything? Apple decided the trade off for that is worth it, and they provide an alternative for people who want fully encrypted backups: iTunes local backups.

sneak 6y ago
That doesn’t matter when everyone else you iMessage with has their (on by default!) non-e2e iCloud device backups enabled. Your entire chat history plaintext gets made available to the feds without a warrant anyway, regardless of the settings on your own device—the plaintext escrow then happens on the device at the other end of the conversation pair. Apple does not care about your privacy. There was a plan to fix this glaring what-amounts-to-a-backdoor in iMessage encryption, but they cancelled it to avoid crossing the FBI. The Reuters reporting on the matter cited six sources.
- lern_too_spel 6y ago
  > without a warrant You're claiming the feds don't have to follow the law. There is no evidence for your claim.