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Apple has announced that, as part of its new Advanced Data Protection program, it has decided to add end-to-end encryption to a larger number of data categories - it has grown from 14 to 23, including backups, notes and photos.
Data categories covered by the Advanced Data Protection initiative are device backups, message backups, notes, photos, reminders, Safari bookmarks, Siri shortcuts, voice memos, and digital wallet data. Apple didn't add encryption just to email, contacts, and calendar data "due to the need to interoperate with global email, contacts, and calendar systems."
With standard data protection methods, encryption keys are stored on Apple resources and the company can help restore this information if necessary. End-to-end encryption is performed only on user devices that are connected with his Apple ID, and only the user himself has access to this data in its original form - Apple, law enforcement agencies and hackers do not have it.
Privacy advocates have long called for Apple to expand end-to-end encryption mechanisms across the ecosystem, but say the FBI's stance has prevented the move. The senior vice president of the software development company, Craig Federighi, classified the information as a rumor and said he did not know of its origin. By the end of the year, all US users will be able to enable Advanced Data Protection in their Apple device settings, and it will be available in other countries, including China, next year. The company also ditched the idea of scanning data on users' gadgets to look for child abuse material.
Apple announced the modernization of two-factor authentication mechanisms - soon users will be able to protect their accounts using hardware access keys. Finally, iMessage's contact key verification mechanism notifies you if unauthorized persons, including hackers backed by government departments, are trying to gain access to your mail.
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