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iCloud backups are a treasure chest that Apple hands over to law enforcement more easily than people assume. Just backup to your laptop. If there’s a legal need
by kylehotchkiss 5y ago
iCloud backups are a treasure chest that Apple hands over to law enforcement more easily than people assume. Just backup to your laptop. If there’s a legal need to access your devices, you’ll have the warrant served to you directly.
Also Tresorit offers end to end encrypted cloud storage. If you’re storing a lot of sensitive documents like ID scans, account statements, medical paperwork, it’s worth a consideration. Then if your iCloud storage has to be handed over, at least you maintain some privacy in those matters.
- ronnier 5y agohttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 Seems some of iCloud is end-to-end encrypted. These features and their data are transmitted and stored in iCloud using end-to-end encryption: * Apple Card transactions * Home data * Health data * iCloud Keychain * Maps Favorites, Collections and search history * Memoji * Payment information * QuickType Keyboard learned vocabulary * Safari History and iCloud Tabs * Screen Time * Siri information * Wi-Fi passwords * W1 and H1 Bluetooth keys Things that are not e2e: photos, iMessage, Notes, Mail, Contacts, and others. I'm wondering, are the Safari cookies e2e encrypted?
- novok 5y agoSuch a bizarre swiss cheese approach to E2E isn't it?
- kylehotchkiss 5y agohttps://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/01/apple-scraps-end-to-end-encryption-of-icloud-backups/ https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/01/apple-scraps-end-to-end-e... Interestingly apple was planning end to end encryption of backups but changed their minds on the matter.
- ronnier 5y agoSo is the browsing history not e2e encrypted in the backup?
- TheParkShark 5y agoI’m under the impression this was government influenced. Anytime Apple has increased their encryption talk they are pressured by the feds.
- dTal 5y agoWow. Photos are up for grabs but god forbid anyone see your "memoji"...
- ezfe 5y agoBecause people get pissed if you tell them that since they forgot their password the photos of their kids are gone.
- kylehotchkiss 5y agoI wonder if the geolocations on photos themselves are the product Apple are being pressured to maintain. A fairly active phone photographer with geolocation on has a good location history up for grabs.
- dillondoyle 5y agoCan / how do you turn of the bluetooth keys? I have keychain turned off already. Does that include wifi passwords or not?
- ezfe 5y agoBluetooth keys refers to headphones only - not bluetooth in general
- dillondoyle 5y agoThank you!
- mulmen 5y agoIt's e2e but the key is also backed up in iCloud. Consider one uncomfortable fact: if you lose your iPhone and forget your iCloud password you can still recover your data.