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Advanced Data Protection is a win for Apple and users alike [Comment]

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<p>One of the ironies of <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple’s[/url] long-running battle with the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/fbi/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FBI[/url] over the agency’s desire for a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">security[/url] backdoor into iPhones is that it could have taken advantage of one which already existed: The fact that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/icloud/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iCloud[/url] backups of iPhones didn’t use end-to-end encryption. Apple has now <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/08/how-to-turn-on-iphone-end-to-end-encryption-messages-icloud/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">finally fixed this[/url] with <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/12/07/apple-advanced-data-protection-encryption-imessage-more/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Advanced Data Protection (ADP)[/url].</p>
<p>ADP not only closes a <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">privacy[/url] hole which <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/05/apple-privacy-billboard-vegas-ces/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">should have been closed a long time ago[/url], but will also relieve Apple of the need to engage in any similar legal battles in future … </p>
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