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> However, a former Apple employee said it was possible the encryption project was dropped for other reasons, such as concern that more customers would find the
by jopsen 5y ago
> However, a former Apple employee said it was possible the encryption project was dropped for other reasons, such as concern that more customers would find themselves locked out of their data more often.
Sounds more plausible to me.
Most of Apples customers are normal end-users, I can see how loosing access is worse for them as compared to data being available for a search warrant.
I suspect "risk of loosing the key" vs "risk hackers get access to the backup" is really what you want to weight here.
- ianhawes 5y agoAlmost all of the “iCloud Leaks” aka “The Fappening” occurred because hackers could infiltrate an iCloud account, then use software to exfiltrate the contents of backed up iPhones/iPads, in addition to the user’s photo streams. The backups often contained unsync’d photos, some that were even deleted. This was a massive PR hit for Apple that continues to this day. My guess is that they saw encrypted backups as a solution to the leak problem, but the FBI has long used iOS backups as a back door into increasingly difficult and expensive to crack iPhones. Phone analysis is the #1 most common investigative tool for federal (and now, all) law enforcement, so turning off a major tool likely required intervention at the highest levels of government. Big brother does not like losing their spying abilities.