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Re: I switched from Android to iOS and I don't regret it |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Oct 5 23:58:42 2015, in response to Re: I switched from Android to iOS and I don't regret it, posted by Nilet on Mon Oct 5 23:51:40 2015. Not so. You have to sign in to icloud in order for any data to go there, each and every type of data has its own checkbox as to whether or not you want it there or not, and signing out of icloud shuts that door completely. On our phones, and on Macs from Mavericks onward, the data is fully encrypted and Apple doesn't have the key to decode it, that's entirely on your machine(s) using either a passcode (if you chose one) along with your secret password which never leaves your device. That password never gets transmitted to Apple, we do a SHA256 hash code token which confirms that your password stored in your device matches what you typed in. The way it works can annoy the shit out of customers when they turned on things like "Find my iphone" and can't remember the password they entered WHEN they turned it on. If they change the password along the way, then it won't match and our account security folks have to help them un-disable their device. We handle a lot of those.As to the NSA, we completely redesigned all of that last year when they decided that we should be handing over that data to them. Since we designed things so that we don't even have the encryption keys (YOU do) that completely shut the door on them being able to decode any of your stuff. Have a look here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-and-others-encrypt-phones-fueling-government-standoff-1416367801 They were fucking pissed. :) Bottom line though, you can't turn over what you don't have to begin with. Pretty clever, no? (grin) |
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