Two years ago, Apple abandoned its plan to encrypt iPhone backups in the iCloud in such a way that makes it impossible for it (or law enforcement) to decrypt the contents, a Reuters report claimed on Tuesday.
Based on information received by multiple unnamed FBI and Apple sources, the report says that the decision was made after Apple shared its plan for end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups with the FBI and the FBI objected to it.
According to the sources, Apple:
Didn’t want to be attacked for or be seen as protecting criminals
Was convinced by the FBI’s arguments (i.e., that being able to access the contents of iPhone backups in the iCloud is crucial to the success of thousands of investigations)
Didn’t want to get into another
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