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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by nelgaard on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @06:54AM (#22116740)
on 1.: Are there actually US laws that could prevent Apple from offering end-to-end encryption for backups to their user?

That is something very different from cooperating with a specific investigation.

Why did Apple not fight this in court?

Could Apple keep the backups outside the EU, like Microsoft did for email in the Dublin case?

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by VvR-Ox on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:19AM (#22126320)
I do not think so and AFAIK only the export of strong encryption is prohibited by law in the US.

But it is not about prohibiting encryption but the possibility and/or necessity that Apple has another key to decrypt your data with.

It does not matter where they keep the data as long as the companies headquarters are on US soil.

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by rob-olmos on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:20PM (#22120322)
One of my wild guesses could be Apple wants to mine the data. Blaming it on having to comply with court orders could be a useful limited hangout.
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