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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by gruez on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:00AM (#25777925)
but then again, who's going to be using it? A sibling comment mentioned that you can still do local backups which are encrypted and don't leave your device. What's the intersection of people who cares about their backup being encrypted, but can't set up itunes sync on their computer?
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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by dkonofalski on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:38AM (#25778449)
I would use it because I like the convenience of iCloud backup and not having to ever plug my phone into anything.
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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by gruez on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:10PM (#25778996)
>and not having to ever plug my phone into anything.

works over wifi too. https://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/ios-tutorials/backu...

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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by dkonofalski on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:42PM (#25780325)
Is that still accurate? You don't use iTunes to sync the phone anymore and I don't think the encrypted backups could be done via WiFi. If that's changed, then that's awesome.
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