Apple announced, this Wednesday (7), that iCloud backups, the brand's cloud service, will finally receive end-to-end encryption. The novelty starts first in the United States and next year starts to be delivered to users of apple company products in other countries, such as Brazil.
Currently, iCloud already offers encryption for a range of data stored on servers, including end-to-end type of protection. Right now you can use the greatest guarantee of your privacy in 14 products, highlighting the passwords saved in Safari and data on the user's health.
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the novelty, the list of products rises to 23 and it finally includes the backup of the devices, the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch and the company's computers. In the backup, end-to-end encryption is also protected information or the contents of the Notes app, Siri Shortcuts, Wallet passages, voice recordings, the Reminders app and even the photos stored on apple servers.
End-to-End Encryption in the US
Apple says that some categories of backups remain traditional encryption: iCloud Email, Contacts and Calendar. The company's justification for leaving these services out of the new list is their interoperability with other companies, such as Google and Microsoft.
Traditional encryption, used by Apple for a long time, means that the apple company has the key to access content stored in iCloud. In other words, it can help the user if he needs access at some point.
End-to-end encryption makes this key present only on devices where the Apple account is logged in. this it cannot help the user in the same way, in addition to not getting access to the data if someone asks for it, or the judiciary.
For now, end-to-end encryption on the new services stored in iCloud is only for users within a testing program, limited to the United States. Apple says the beta will expand to other countries over the next year, starting in early 2023.
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