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Supposedly they were planning to encrypt backups, but looked at the expected number of users that would lose their keys and not be able to access their backups
by simonh 6y ago
Supposedly they were planning to encrypt backups, but looked at the expected number of users that would lose their keys and not be able to access their backups and bottled out.
- novok 6y agoMore likely: https://bgr.com/2020/01/21/iphone-icloud-backup-isnt-fully-encrypted-and-its-the-fbis-fault/ https://bgr.com/2020/01/21/iphone-icloud-backup-isnt-fully-e... Also apple had your choice key escrow/backup for filevault backups, and it's the default option, which is how you deal with the above issue. Also a few key things are E2E backed up (keychain, health), so that reason hasn't stopped them before.