![]() ![]() And in Apple's case, it can hand over data it already has access to. Now, after all, when a group like the Department of Justice makes a request for information to aid with an investigation, apple and other tech companies comply. Speaker 1: The FBI has released a statement that the agency is deeply concerned and that this hinders on our ability to protect the American people from criminal acts. If the extra encryption is turned on, they are locked out. But with this extra layer of privacy, it also means Apple no longer can comply with requests for data from law enforcement because there's no way to even hand anything over if they wanted to. You can designate someone as a recovery contact or print out a recovery key, which is a really long passcode that you would print out and save somewhere in your desk or something. It's like keeping a spare key under the doormat. And if you opt in to use this feature, you can need to set up a plan B to get into your iCloud account. So if you lose your password, if you lose access to your account, apple can't recover your data. It will not be able to access that user data. Speaker 1: It means Apple won't have control of the encryption keys. And that now also covers iCloud backups, your notes, your photos. But Apple's new beefed up security, it's called advanced data protection. Those things, they're only stored on your device like an iPhone, not to be seen by Apple. Apple has always been extra secure with things like passwords and health data. Security on all tech could be changed forever. It's one more thing we have to learn to set up, and yet this doesn't just change the future of Apple products. It comes with its complications and more personal responsibility. Something that only you can access on your device. What you save on your iCloud can truly be for your eyes only. End-to-end encryption is shielding our data on iCloud from both cybercriminals and law enforcement. ![]() Apple has given ultimate encryption power to we the users. ![]()
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