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Extremely Serious Question: Can I trust Apple with my personal information?
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It's neat that Apple has a page addressing the various aspects of this.
Very interesting read, thanks for posting.
So iOS devices are protected but iCloud data isn't.
Therefore as almost everyone's data is backed up to iCloud, iOS data is not 100% protected.
I think I'm reading that correctly.
I would be very interested to know if the San Bernardino iPhone had automatic backup to iCloud switched off.
Or whether the FBI were trying to set a precedent.
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No. You can trust no company/Cloud service with your personal information.
I fully agree with deany's post #17.
I fully agree with deany's post #17.
Are you:
- A fugitive
- Someone who plans to commit serious crimes (and detail those plans in your data)
- Someone who falls for phishing scams really easily
- Someone who stores details like your credit card and/or social security information in an unencrypted manner
?
If so, then no. Otherwise, yes. No one cares about your personal information if it doesn't contain unencrypted data that people can use to either steal your identity and/or payment info.
- A fugitive
- Someone who plans to commit serious crimes (and detail those plans in your data)
- Someone who falls for phishing scams really easily
- Someone who stores details like your credit card and/or social security information in an unencrypted manner
?
If so, then no. Otherwise, yes. No one cares about your personal information if it doesn't contain unencrypted data that people can use to either steal your identity and/or payment info.
Actually, even if you are, the recent FBI cases from earlier this year should put you at ease.
Exactly what I would expect, no more, no less. One reason I don't use iCloud backup though.
I suggest you place your journal and any other information you want to keep private in a dmg folder (with 128 protection) using a different password than your iCloud account. Make sure your Apple password is very secure. I use a 31 character password.
If you haven't done so already, turn on Two-Factor Authentication with your Apple account.
Those two tips should keep you very secure.
If you haven't done so already, turn on Two-Factor Authentication with your Apple account.
Those two tips should keep you very secure.
Actually Google and Microsoft have similar pages.
https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/legalprocess/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-responsibility/reports-hub
OP: Here is the terminal command you can use to encrypt any file. You can set it to 128 or 256
- encrypt (change path): openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -e -in {path-in} -out {path-out}
- decrypt (change path): openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -in {path-in} -out {path-out}
If pictures and videos of Jennifer Lawrence in extreme XXX rated situations can be hacked so can you my friend.
She got her account hacked due to having a very weak password and not having Two-Step or Two-Factor authentication turned on.
This is pretty much my thinking as well.
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She had a weak password. It's not like someone broke Apple's encryption or something. Also, she's a celebrity. Someone targeted her and put effort into cracking her account. An average person isn't likely to have someone try so hard to access their personal files.
Apple had already provided the data from the backups for the San Bernadino phone but the FBI wanted them to give them access to get at stuff that hadn't been backed up
Hi
Thanks for replying
I guess it was the data between the last backup and the incident?.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519?locale=en_GB
Many people are concerned that their information can and will be collected by the government. The thing to remember is that there is so much information stored both in the cloud well as personal computers and backup drives that the government really DOESNT CARE. Unless you go out of your way to get their attention. I think the same with Apple. They have so much being saved to their cloud, they really don't care to look for every personal record, unless you do something that gives them a solid reason. There are others that will disagree with me, and others that will agree. Good luck.
Wow. Google sold you out 7 years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/10/cia-tried-to-crack-security-of-apple-devices
All well and good, but then there is the above link with this quote.
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I just finished a post edit, you may want to revist the post as there is information that pertains to the discussion.