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They pretend to care about consumer privacy by only encrypting on device and at the same time hand data over to governments through unencrypted iCloud backups.
by ampdepolymerase 5y ago
They pretend to care about consumer privacy by only encrypting on device and at the same time hand data over to governments through unencrypted iCloud backups.
- srtjstjsj 5y agoThat's a user choice. iCloud supports storage if encrypted data and disabling unencrypted backups. It's fine that you reject the legitimacy of government, but unreasonable to expect huge organizations to do the same while serving hundreds of millions of users.
- throwaway894345 5y agoI don’t understand why you’re being downvoted. It seems to me that either you keep the key that’s used to encrypt the data or Apple does. If Apple keeps the key then they have to comply with subpoenas. If you keep the key then you’re on the hook to not lose it which is a big ask for non-technical users (I’ve seen lots of technical users lose important keys too). Am I missing something?
- saagarjha 5y agoApple doesn’t let you keep the key but give them your encrypted data.
- mcfedr 5y agoSo they let you choose how much privacy you have with all you backed up data,but if the choice of privacy might also let someone compete with Apple it's not a choice the user can make