Apple readies Legacy Contacts launch for easier after-death data retrievalWhat you need to know
Apple is working to ready its Legacy Contacts feature, making it possible for people to access a user's data after they die.
An updated iCloud suggests the feature is getting closer to launch.
An important feature that gives families access to data they might otherwise lose.
Apple appears to be readying an iOS 15 feature that has so far been missing — Legacy Contacts. Part of the Digital Legacy program, Legacy Contacts are contacts that people can specify as those they'd like to be able to access their data in the event of their death.
The feature will effectively give specified people the key to access a person's iCloud data, although proof of death will be required and even then, only data that isn't end-to-end encrypted will be available. It's better than what Apple can offer now, though, and it seems to be getting closer to launch according to a couple of pointers spotted by MacWorld.
The first of those is a change to the iCloud usage agreement whic...
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Apple readies Legacy Contacts launch for easier after-death data retrieval
