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Counter-intuitively, iOS does allow these things. Encrypted iTunes backups can be extracted and edited, revealing all* of the equivalent of /data on Android *A
by kiririn 2y ago
Counter-intuitively, iOS does allow these things. Encrypted iTunes backups can be extracted and edited, revealing all* of the equivalent of /data on Android
*A few apps like Signal think they know better and opt out of iTunes backups
- Hizonner 2y agoTo be fair, here, Signal's whole original differentiating feature was cryptographically guaranteed forward secrecy (with non-interactive message delivery). Signal therefore uses "ratcheting keys". If you let the current version of your keys, or even your chat history, get into a backup, you've ruined the main point. I do tend to agree that that kind of forward secrecy isn't actually important for very many people, and most of those people have other, bigger leaks to worry about. I don't use Signal myself. But it's still the big thing Signal was originally created to offer.