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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by raverbashing on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:19AM (#25778184)
"Some customers" do you think the majority of Apple users (not picking on them, they're your average non-IT person) knows about a password they set last year maybe?

That is the problem. It's very frustrating to tell some people that they can't recover their data because they forgot the password

If you can keep a password for a long time then you can do your backups yourself I guess?

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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by rootusrootus on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:43AM (#25778510)
> Apple users (not picking on them, they're your average non-IT person)

To be fair, this also describes Windows users. Most users of any platform are average non-IT people.

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Re:Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups afte... by Tempest1981 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:05PM (#25778908)
What % of users need to reset their password (for a given service) each year? I was guessing 5%.

A web search shows this surprising stat, for all the user's services:

"78% of people have had to reset their password in the last three months. - HYPR study"

And 57% for work accounts. Wow.

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