There is absolutely no legitimate reason to implement “cloud” storage or backup in a way that does not encrypt on the client side, with open, verifiable standard if not open source for the client software, in such a way that it can’t be read by the provider.
I remember when I got PGP mid 90s and thought: Wow, in 6 months, everybody will use it! Yet it never caught on. User stupidity, elitism or a bit of both?
At the height of pre-encryption WhatsApp I remember talking about PGP to some younger relatives about the problem of intercepted messages, and they had a hard time believing that we had “access to that kind of technology” in the 90s.
Somehow, they managed to normalise sending your stuff out there based entirely on trust in corporations and governments, although the problem was solved technically long ago.
Problem is: They fight back by introducing “convenience” that only works in clouds they can access, such as “AI” in Google or Apple Images. E. g. you can enter “cat” and it will show all your cat photos.
But I got to admit that I TALK a lot about a switching to a self-hosted image solution such as PhotoPrism, but lack in execution, other than putting it on my todo-list.
I can’t find any spelling errors. Have you been replaced by AI or is your English orthography just better?
Statistics wise my English is better somehow despite it not being my first language
Maybe the fact that it’s not native to you subconsciously makes you pay closer attention to what you’re writing?
i think its because i watch/read/listen to 99% of my content in English, same goes for most of my communication, and that English is over all a lot more simple than German does help a bit too
iCloud backup is encrypted if the option is chosen. It’s deactivated by default. The backup is linked to the signature of your devices, or a phrase you are only shown once when activating it. AFAIK it’s secure until now.
so u trust apple to not hand over those device signatures?
For now - yes.
Why? Under the Patriot act they are forced to comply and then lie about it if asked if they did. I see no reason why anyone should trust them, or any other company that claims to protect your encryption while holding the keys for it.
They say themselves that they don’t have the key, and since there is no evidence that they do, I believe that.
Would you trust Google if they said so? And also why would there be evidence of government doing things behind your back. Wouldn’t that compromise national security? It only ever pops up when it doesn’t matter, so I guess it’s okay?
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/06/apple-google-requests-push-notification-data
https://theintercept.com/2017/02/22/how-peter-thiels-palantir-helped-the-nsa-spy-on-the-whole-world/
It’s not like Apple has a history to bowing down to authoritarians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html
Welp, that all looks clean to me. Thank Tim Apple for the golden gift to the emperor. They’re totally not bending the knee or assisting surveillance to make the their stonks go up. They’re very principled.
They said so, and there’s literally no evidence against it. 😉😉
They say themselves
That right there is the problem. This is unverifiable trust, should be avoided, basically “appeal to authority” fallacy, but hey sure trust a capitalist company in a emerging fascist controlled dictatorship to the speak the truth.
