Unless if you have a backup in iCloud. Anyone with access to your iCloud account could pull that backup.

And that is why I want iOS Time Capsule. I want my own Data to stay in my property. Right now you have to buy a Mac to do backup if you want that. Since iTunes on Windows somehow has a much higher chance of creating corrupted iTunes Backup.

Not with the new windows store version of iTunes.

What's the difference between that and the standard version distributed by Apple? They seem the same -- why is one more reliable for backups?

I wonder how many of those who fell for the ad know that.

Location Services being on systemwide sends your location 24/7 to Apple. It's not just GPS reception, it also uploads the list of wifi MAC addresses it can see, with signal strengths, to improve its location fix.

Is this confirmed or are you just saying it because it's technically possible?

Edit: Yes, this is confirmed in Apple's privacy policy for location services.

"If Location Services is on, your iPhone will periodically send the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers (where supported by a device) in an anonymous and encrypted form to Apple, to be used for augmenting this crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations."

[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207056

It’s not anonymous, as it includes the client IP when making the requests. This uniquely identifies a subscriber.

Thats why they said that and not “What is on your iCloud, stays on your iCloud”

A lot of people have porn on their phone, and none would be able to prove its provenance. I wonder if one day Apple will be required to detect all underage model photos and delete the person’s entire Apple account.

I think it more likely Apple would ban porn "to protect the user" if anti-porn became more normal.

I said, "Hey, you, get off of my cloud Hey, you, get off of my cloud Hey, you, get off of my cloud Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd On my cloud, baby"

it does.

Unless you tell your iPhone to send everything you have to Amazon, or Dropbox, or iCloud, or Google, or Facebook, or Backblaze, or [insert cloud service subject to Chinese, EU, or US law here].

I think it's important to note that for Backblaze personal backup you can set your own private keys for end to end encryption[0].

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/mncrsn/-/gu0dvf7...

or iCloud