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There's a way to make fully encrypted backups of your iPhone locally, check out my blog post from my self-hosting series: https://www.naut.ca/blog/2020/03/20/s

There's a way to make fully encrypted backups of your iPhone locally, check out my blog post from my self-hosting series: https://www.naut.ca/blog/2020/03/20/self-hosting-series-part-4-backup/ https://www.naut.ca/blog/2020/03/20/self-hosting-series-part... This works well on Linux, and iOS 14. You can skip to the section `Compiling idevicebackup2`.

WatchDog 5y ago
Is there any icloud alternative backup, that doesn't involve connecting to a computer? It seems that it's possible for third party apps to backup certain data, like photos and contacts, but to do a full device backup you either need to use icloud, or connect via USB to a computer.
- rubatuga 5y ago
  yes, you can use usbmuxd with macOS, but it means you have to purchase a Mac, and who wants to run macOS as a server OS.
  - WatchDog 5y ago
    I'm confused, twofold, first of all being that usbmuxd means you need to connect to a computer, second of all being that it seems usbmuxd works on various platforms, not just macOS?
    - rubatuga 5y ago
      https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/919 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/... usbmuxd is responsible for wifi sync. However, it appears there is usbmuxd2 which is compatible with Linux and support wifi sync. I think you may be in luck! If you figure it out, please let me know.
teitoklien 5y ago
Thanks for this !
Maxburn 5y ago
Yes there is, but Apple can reach in and turn on cloud backup and trigger a backup whenever they want.
- rubatuga 5y ago
  What if you’re not signed in to iCloud?
sneak 5y ago
Doesn't matter; everyone you iMessage with is sending the plaintext of all of your conversations and attachments to Apple in their device's non-e2e iCloud backup. SMS too! Local backups won't get you privacy when the other end of the chat is still doing cloud backups. It's sort of like moving email providers and continuing to send and receive email from people with gmail addresses. Google is still reading all of your mail and attachments, just out of your friends' gmail boxes.
- rubatuga 5y ago
  If you use signal, it won’t back up to iCloud or even local. So everyone should switch to signal!
  - sneak 5y ago
    When un-backdoored e2e messaging becomes illegal, Apple will pull apps like Signal from the App Store. Additionally, if the iPhone scans your local data for verboten files, anything you receive or have available to send via Signal would still get picked up and reported on.

WatchDog 5y ago

Is there any icloud alternative backup, that doesn't involve connecting to a computer? It seems that it's possible for third party apps to backup certain data, like photos and contacts, but to do a full device backup you either need to use icloud, or connect via USB to a computer.

rubatuga 5y ago
yes, you can use usbmuxd with macOS, but it means you have to purchase a Mac, and who wants to run macOS as a server OS.
- WatchDog 5y ago
  I'm confused, twofold, first of all being that usbmuxd means you need to connect to a computer, second of all being that it seems usbmuxd works on various platforms, not just macOS?
  - rubatuga 5y ago
    https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/919 https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/... usbmuxd is responsible for wifi sync. However, it appears there is usbmuxd2 which is compatible with Linux and support wifi sync. I think you may be in luck! If you figure it out, please let me know.

teitoklien 5y ago

Thanks for this !

Maxburn 5y ago

Yes there is, but Apple can reach in and turn on cloud backup and trigger a backup whenever they want.

rubatuga 5y ago
What if you’re not signed in to iCloud?

sneak 5y ago

Doesn't matter; everyone you iMessage with is sending the plaintext of all of your conversations and attachments to Apple in their device's non-e2e iCloud backup. SMS too! Local backups won't get you privacy when the other end of the chat is still doing cloud backups. It's sort of like moving email providers and continuing to send and receive email from people with gmail addresses. Google is still reading all of your mail and attachments, just out of your friends' gmail boxes.

rubatuga 5y ago
If you use signal, it won’t back up to iCloud or even local. So everyone should switch to signal!
- sneak 5y ago
  When un-backdoored e2e messaging becomes illegal, Apple will pull apps like Signal from the App Store. Additionally, if the iPhone scans your local data for verboten files, anything you receive or have available to send via Signal would still get picked up and reported on.