Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#66KVJ)
Apple announced some big new security features on Wednesday. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple will finally be adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, the company said as part of a major set of security announcements on Wednesday. Under what it calls Advanced Data Protection, Apple will expand the number of data categories" protected by end-to-end encryption from 14 to 23, with backups, Notes, and Photos now covered.
Based on a screenshot from Apple, these categories are covered when you flip on Advanced Data Protection: device backups, messages backups, iCloud Drive, Notes, Photos, Reminders, Safari bookmarks, Siri Shortcuts, Voice Memos, and Wallet Passes. Apple says the only major" categories not covered by Advanced Data Protection are iCloud Mail, Contacts, and Calendar because of the need to interoperate with...