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Re:Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government secu... by kbolino on Friday February 21, 2025 @12:30PM (#43130351)
The keys are stored only in the Secure Enclave. Encryption and decryption are handled outside the standard CPU and OS. This is hardware-level protection, not just some flag on a cloud account to be flipped. The only way for Apple to break this system is to break it for everyone, since anything else would risk bleed over or insufficient compliance.

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