Apple Dropped A Plan Let iPhone Users Have Fully Encrypt Backups On Their Devices Including WhatsApp Chats

From gbhackers.com

Apple Encryption

Apple now officially dropped plans to let iPhone users have their device backup in an encrypted form in Apple’s iCloud service after the FBI complained.

iCloud is an Apple cloud platform that allows Apple users to store and access their photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more.

Since the FBI has a concern about breaking the icloud more difficult if the company implements the end-to-end encryption, the FBI wouldn’t be able to unlock the encrypted data during the investigation.

Now the Apple decision makes easier for the FBI to unlock the devices and access the backup data stored in the icloud.

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