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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by plzmark on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:53PM (#33900831)
Maybe. But has this been audited? Are there backdoors, perhaps in the hardware?

I thought just a couple of months ago they wanted to scan everyone's phones for illegal content.

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Re:Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups by kaba0 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @06:00PM (#33901616)
So that they are legally saved from “storing child porn on their servers”. They explicitly wanted that feature so that they can freely upload user content, fully encrypted, without worrying about that - it was just grossly miscommunicated.
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