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So why not give users the option to encrypt everything if they want to?
by bugfix 6y ago
So why not give users the option to encrypt everything if they want to?
- jaywalk 6y agoBecause of the FBI, obviously.
- gruez 6y agobut then again, who's going to be using it? A sibling comment mentioned that you can still do local backups which are encrypted and don't leave your device. What's the intersection of people who cares about their backup being encrypted, but can't set up itunes sync on their computer?
- dkonofalski 6y agoI would use it because I like the convenience of iCloud backup and not having to ever plug my phone into anything.
- gruez 6y ago>and not having to ever plug my phone into anything. works over wifi too. https://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/ios-tutorials/backup-your-ios-device-over-wifi-automatically/ https://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/ios-tutorials/backu...
- dkonofalski 6y agoIs that still accurate? You don't use iTunes to sync the phone anymore and I don't think the encrypted backups could be done via WiFi. If that's changed, then that's awesome.
- xurukefi 6y agoI'm convinced that if you give the general public the "encrypt everything option", then too many people will opt in without being aware of the consequences. They will eventually forget their password, loose all their family photos and blame Apple for it. A disclaimer also wouldn't help here. If anything, this should be some hidden developder mode kind of option to make sure that only those opt in who know what they are doing.
- gsich 6y agoThen you make them aware of those consequences. This is solvable.
- amiga-workbench 6y agoUsers don't read, they smash Ok buttons without understanding.
- kgwgk 6y agoMake them sign several clauses on a contract and send back a scanned copy. Really, if they still go through it without understanding what they are doing it will be on them.
- mattnewton 6y agoSigned copies protect you from litigation in court, not loss of brand value in the court of public opinion. Plenty of people bitten by it will just never use a backup product from you again, and every time apple sneezes a flurry of journalists are there to document it.
- UnFleshedOne 6y agoI guess the idea here is to make enabling the option enough of a pain so that only people who need it are going to use it, and button smashers will be spared.
- Nextgrid 6y agoIn this case, should we also ban power tools and heavy machinery because some idiots aren't careful and get hurt?
- mattnewton 6y agoNo, but it’s perfectly fine for a company to not want to be in the table/chain saw industry if they have a brand identity around “just works.” It’s unfortunate because apple has the cash and panache to take it mainstream, but they probably don’t have any market incentive to do so, at least until someone else figures out the ux that doesn’t cut clueless user fingers off.
- patrickserrano 6y agoI worked in education and had teachers and administration who were smart people, consistently asking to have their passwords reset. And the only requirement we had was that it needed to be 8 chars long, no special chars or capitalization. (This was a result of students and staff not being able to remember their passwords for more than a day or two) I can't imagine needing a password for them to recover photos and messages.
- MagerValp 6y agoThat's essentially what backing up to your Mac instead of iCloud gets you. The data is encrypted with your key to a device that you control.