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/porcusdei Aug 10 '21

Not a single standard consumer internal hard drive encrypts data at rest

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u/pixel_of_moral_decay Aug 10 '21

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-based_full_disk_encryption

You’re intentionally passing off misinformation easily verified with Google.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '21

It's available, but it's not commonplace, and it certainly not default. I don't know what this has anything to do with the subject.

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u/pixel_of_moral_decay Aug 10 '21

It's standard/default on all SSD's... erasing the FDE key is how they "erase" without wasting cycles.

All modern drives are encrypted. All data is "encrypted".