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Yes, decryption requires the original device's unlock PIN/pattern/password: https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/google-and-android-have-your-back-by.html?m
by glennpratt 6y ago
Yes, decryption requires the original device's unlock PIN/pattern/password:
https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/google-and-android-have-your-back-by.html?m=1 https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/google-and-android-h...
Not that I fully understand how hard it is to circumvent.
- gumby 6y agoOh, I see. Apple has done that since the original iPhone too, and I believe iPod before it. I thought you meant they used a hardware key.
- codemac 6y agoFor your backups - but once you use iCloud to sync devices in real time, they just use their service keys, and your iCloud credentials are enough to read your iMessage history.