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Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained – sources

  • Reuters--Firstpost.com
  • published date: 2020-01-21 18:41:21 UTC

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc 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 …

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc 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… [+6940 chars]