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Re:Google nabs Apple as a cloud customer by dchest on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @06:37PM (#11301216)
"Each file is broken into chunks and encrypted by iCloud using AES-128 and a key derived from each chunk’s contents that utilizes SHA-256. The keys, and the file’s metadata, are stored by Apple in the user’s iCloud account. The encrypted chunks of the file are stored, without any user-identifying information, using third-party storage services, such as Amazon S3 and Windows Azure." (https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf)

Although your IP address and some other connection metadata will be known to Google.

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Re:Google nabs Apple as a cloud customer by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @06:54PM (#11301314)
That's not too bad then. As long as the 'iCloud account', where Apple likes to store the keys, are never third party hosted.
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Re:Google nabs Apple as a cloud customer by WireWrap on Thursday March 17, 2016 @08:58AM (#11304025)
Ever seen an analysis of the traffic and breakdown of the metadata you speak of? If an account or device or advertising or other unique ID is sent to Google, it could help Google to track the user's IP Address changes and locations.
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