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[–] 12 points 11 months ago* (5 children)

iCloud has an Advanced Data Protection feature, that when enabled, makes one’s personal devices the only place encryption keys are stored. Unless you live in the UK that is.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I trust no closed-source encryption mechanism. If I had to use any kind of cloud backup solution, I would first encrypt the files locally with a mechanism that I fully control.

    I have been thinking of doing such thing to keep backups of my home Nextcloud server.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Or you could encrypt it yourself and not trust a private company's word.

    Anyone remember when a bunch of celebrities had their iCloud information and data leaked?

    Or that Apple has been caught helping the NSA and other alphabet soup government agencies with their keys?

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  • [–] -2 points 11 months ago

    iCloud didn't leak that data. It was all done via phishing. Apple responded by forcing everyone to use two factor authentication. This was 11 years ago.

    This sort of histrionic nonsense is always pushed by people who use Android.

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