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Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained

Posted on January 21, 2020June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Joseph Menn reports:

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company’s iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The tech giant’s reversal, about two years ago, has not previously been reported.

Read more on Reuters.

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