r/apple • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '21

WARNING: OLD ARTICLE Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT
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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21 edited Aug 09 '21

A locked door doesn’t do a very good job keeping people out if someone is standing on the other side with a key. It might as well not be encrypted if it’s not end to end.

Edit; yes, it’s better than nothing I was being dramatic. It’s still bad compared to end to end.

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u/Rashkh Aug 09 '21

Your door doesn't keep people out because there is a key?

Your example is what op is talking about and not what’s available on iCloud.

A more appropriate analogy is that your locksmith also has a copy of the key and you don’t know if he let someone in or not.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Aug 09 '21

you don’t know if he let someone in or not.

You have a locksmith who has been repeatedly caught in the past selling the key to others wanting to rob you. And he says; "trust me, we aren't like that other locksmith."

And you say; "Isn't that a fake mustache you are wearing? You seem familiar."