iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories

Re:iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories by yakult on Friday February 10, 2017 @01:42AM (#13613683)

I would like more clarification as to what this means. Does this mean the histories are purely client-side? If that's not the case, I don't see how they can make this claim.

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Re:iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories by 9gunpi on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:18AM (#13613978)

>If that's not the case, I don't see how they can make this claim.

Nobody knew it was even available?

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Re:iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories by gilgoomesh on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:29AM (#13614453)

That whole sentence seems mistaken since no iCloud data is available to law enforcement. iCloud is AES encrypted with keys that are held by the user-only (not Apple).

As people have pointed out, yes, Apple is a trusted part of the system and could release a new iOS/macOS update that captures these keys but short of that, neither Apple nor law enforcement have any access to your iCloud data.

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Re:iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories by petrikapu on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:44AM (#13614505)

I think Apple has keys for your iCloud data.

"iCloud uses a minimum of 128-bit AES encryption and never provides encryption keys to any third parties."

If I interpret this correctly I am first party, Apple is second and third is everyone else.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

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Re:iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories by tinus_hn on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:02AM (#13614554)

If that were really the case, how could you restore your data to a new iPhone? It's probably like the Dropbox encryption: its encrypted but they do have the key.

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Re:iCloud was storing cleared browsing histories by Zr40 on Friday February 10, 2017 @08:52AM (#13615315)

The key could be encrypted using the account password.

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