Apple encrypts your iOS device’s locally stored data, but it doesn’t fully encrypt iCloud backups and that was apprently a conscious choice. Reuters sources say Apple dropped plans for end-to-end encryption of iCloud backups codenamed KeyDrop and Plesio. Without any public announcement, Apple dropped plans two years ago that would have given access to iPhone […]
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FBI asks Apple to help unlock iPhones of suspected naval station shooter
The FBI is once again asking Apple to help it access iPhones for the sake of an investigation. The bureau has sent a letter to Apple’s general counsel requesting the company’s help in unlocking the two iPhones of Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the man believed responsible for killing three people at Naval Air Station Pensacola. FBI […]