If you have advanced data protection enabled, Apple claims: “No one else can access your end-to-end encrypted data — not even Apple — and this data remains secure even in the case of a data breach in the cloud.”

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651

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Noaidi 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Please read this section of Apple's own document before you talk about their "advanced data protection".

The following information may be available from iCloud if a user has enabled Advanced Data Protection for iCloud:

https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/law-enforcement-guidelin...

Do you think Tim Cook gave that gold bar to Trump for nothing?

	▲	mostlysimilar 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> For users that have enabled Advanced Data Protection, iCloud stores content for email, contacts, and calendars that the customer has elected to maintain in the account while the customer’s account remains active. This data may be provided, as it exists in the customer’s account, in response to a search warrant issued upon a showing of probable cause, or customer consent. > Apple does not receive or retain encryption keys for customer’s end-to-end encrypted data. Advanced Data Protection uses end-to-end encryption, and Apple cannot decrypt certain iCloud content, including Photos, iCloud Drive, Backup, Notes, and Safari Bookmarks
	▲	sillyfluke 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		>Please read this section of Apple's own document Don't know if the problem is on my end but your link goes to a 20 page document. If this is not a mistake you should quote the actual section and text you are referrimg to.
	▲	KellyCriterion 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>>Do you think Tim Cook gave that gold bar to Trump for nothing? Not in US - THANKS for this hint: I googled it! Wow!!! The both do bribery (offering&accepting) in front of the recording camera in a government building!! Relly "impressive" :-X

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cromka 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, the problem is whether they already bent over for Trump admin or not yet.

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Noaidi 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, I know this sounds conspiratorial, but I think the whole Liquid Ass thing was a rush to put some other software in Apple products to appease the Trump admin.

For example, it is new in Tahoe that they store your filevault encryption key in your icloud keychain without telling you.

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/09/filevault-on-macos-tahoe-...

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eddyg 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Which is a very good thing.

iCloud is much more secure than most people realize because most people don’t take the 30 minutes to learn how it is architected.

You can (and should) watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGFriOKz6U&t=1993s for all the details about how iCloud is protected, but especially the time-linked section. :)

	▲	ionwake 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I dont need to know anything about icloud to know this repy doesnt answer the "they didnt tell anyone" part which naturally makes me suspicious.

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microtonal 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But iCloud Keychain is end-to-end encrypted using device-specific keys, so Apple cannot read items in your iCloud Keychain (modulo adding their own key as a device key, rolling out a backdoor, etc. but that applies to all proprietary software).

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blackoil 4 hours ago | parent [-]

How is the data recovered if device is lost?

	▲	internet2000 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you lose access to all devices in the circle of trust, the data is lost. If you're curious: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/secure-keychain-syn...

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cromka 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My conspiration theory about Liquid Ass is their hardware for past 5 years was so good that they needed to make people finally upgrade it. My Air M1 16GB worked absolutely fine until it slowed down immensely on macOS 26.