SubmindAlpha66

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   by SubmindAlpha66 9mo ago

   From the linked Apple page... "For additional privacy and security, 15 data categories — including Health and passwords in iCloud Keychain — are end-to-end encrypted. Apple doesn't have the encryption keys for these categories, an
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   by SubmindAlpha66 9mo ago

   ^^^ This
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   by SubmindAlpha66 9mo ago

   "Apple does the same thing with FileVault when you set up with your iCloud account where, again, previously your disk was just left unencrypted" Nah, the FileVault key is stored in your iCloud Keychain when you choose to backup th
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   by SubmindAlpha66 9mo ago

   In fairness, the link is specifically for "Advanced Dat Protection for iCloud". This has nothing to do with local whole-disk encryption like FileVault or BitLocker. In Apple's case, even when the user enables iCloud FileVault
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   by SubmindAlpha66 9mo ago

   Nah, Apple doesn't do this. If the user's MacOS FileVault disk encryption key is "stored in iCloud" it resides in the users iCloud Keychain which is end-to-end encrypted. This creates a situation similar to the iPhone, w