floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMicrosoft Gave FBI Keys to Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flawwww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareroran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·1 day agoNah, it’s encryption all right, they just back up the key in case you lose it. Which is a feature. https://aka.ms/bitlockerrecovery I hear iMessage e2e-encrypted messages are also backed up into cloud as plaintext…
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 minutes agoplain text is probably the wrong phrasing, but apple does control all your keys no matter who it is, the key holder can always read your data
Nah, it’s encryption all right, they just back up the key in case you lose it. Which is a feature. https://aka.ms/bitlockerrecovery
I hear iMessage e2e-encrypted messages are also backed up into cloud as plaintext…
plain text is probably the wrong phrasing, but apple does control all your keys
no matter who it is, the key holder can always read your data