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I thought it was pretty well known that nothing stored on iCloud is encrypted. It’s encrypted on your iPhone, but once it leaves your iPhone it becomes unencry
by iJohnDoe 5y ago
I thought it was pretty well known that nothing stored on iCloud is encrypted.
It’s encrypted on your iPhone, but once it leaves your iPhone it becomes unencrypted once stored in iCloud.
This is also why they can comply with law enforcement requests.
Now, someone may argue that “only Apple can unlock it” if indeed there is any protection at all.
https://fortune.com/2020/01/21/apple-icloud-encryption-law-enforcement/ https://fortune.com/2020/01/21/apple-icloud-encryption-law-e...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...
- 8fingerlouie 5y agoiCloud _is_ encrypted (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303), but it's not End to End encrypted, meaning Apple holds the keys, not you.