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I'm getting closer and closer to this reality... iphones are basically there, with icloud backup. Have been trying to get less attached to any OS installs, and

by gfosco 5y ago

I'm getting closer and closer to this reality... iphones are basically there, with icloud backup. Have been trying to get less attached to any OS installs, and be fast at building up from a fresh install. Seems hard to even trust your own desktop after a while.

tata71 5y ago
Is this convenience worth sending unencrypted backups of your data to Apple? Do they allow truly offline backup and restore?
- gfosco 5y ago
  For most people, yeah it's worth it. Afaik, yeah they do allow fully offline backup/restore, you don't need to use iCloud for that. I switched away to an Android, so this isn't something I'm taking advantage of personally.
- jsjohnst 5y ago
  > Is this convenience worth sending unencrypted backups of your data to Apple? iCloud Backups are not "unencrypted backups" https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 I do wish they would bump the backups to "end-to-end encryption" category though, at least as an option.
- PeterisP 5y ago
  For most people, availability is the key part of security instead of confidentiality, since for them losing their data is both much more likely and much more painful than someone getting a warrant to take their data from Apple.