Comment on Apple Has New Tools to Protect Children. But at What Cost?parentComments−NoPicklez5yActually no sorry, upon checking iCloud data is E2E including both in transit and at rest. So it might be the only way in which Apple can do any scanning.−0xy5yiCloud is not E2E, unless you consider "end-to-law-enforcement-to-end" E2E. [1]In fact, Apple were going to do this but caved under pressure from law enforcement.Imagine being an Apple engineer having joined a "privacy company" and then being forced to desecrate your users privacy in innumerable ways.[1] https://www.howtogeek.com/710509/apples-imessage-is-secure.....−commoner5yApple's help page does not say that iCloud is E2EE, with the exception of certain services listed under the "End-to-end encrypted data" section:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303The E2EE data includes Messages in iCloud (if iCloud Backup is disabled) and iCloud Keychain, but not Photos or iCloud Drive.
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Actually no sorry, upon checking iCloud data is E2E including both in transit and at rest. So it might be the only way in which Apple can do any scanning.
iCloud is not E2E, unless you consider "end-to-law-enforcement-to-end" E2E. [1]
In fact, Apple were going to do this but caved under pressure from law enforcement.
Imagine being an Apple engineer having joined a "privacy company" and then being forced to desecrate your users privacy in innumerable ways.
[1] https://www.howtogeek.com/710509/apples-imessage-is-secure.....
Apple's help page does not say that iCloud is E2EE, with the exception of certain services listed under the "End-to-end encrypted data" section:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303
The E2EE data includes Messages in iCloud (if iCloud Backup is disabled) and iCloud Keychain, but not Photos or iCloud Drive.