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Apple Data Protection — The ugly truth
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Apple Data Protection — The ugly truth

Advanced Data Protection: Should You Turn It On?

In this video, the speaker discusses whether or not to turn on Advanced Data Protection. The speaker explores the benefits and risks of encrypting all data and turning off Apple's ability to access it.

Encryption and Data Recovery

  • Apple kept an encryption key for personal photos and messages stored on their iCloud servers.
  • Turning on Advanced Data Protection turns off Apple's ability to access data.
  • Without strong encryption, if someone hacks into your accounts or steals your devices, you may lose access to your data forever.
  • Backup and recovery experts warn that data loss affects more people than data theft.

Fail Safe vs. Fail Secure

  • For some types of data, fail safe is better than fail secure.
  • Ransomware locks away your data where you can't get to it with attackers hoping you're desperate enough to pay them anything just to get that access back.
  • There are no easy answers because no matter what you choose to do or not do, there is some level of risk.

Responsibility for Data Recovery

  • When we take on the responsibility for data recovery ourselves, we need a plan in case of disasters like fires or floods.
  • If everything is locked down, we're secured against anything short of a million-dollar zero-day exploit or the advent of quantum computing.
  • Apple provides old-school recovery codes that you can print out and store in a desk drawer or a lockbox depending on your own personal physical security preferences.

Backup and Recovery Plans

In this section, the speaker discusses the imperfections of backup and recovery plans. He emphasizes the importance of encryption for sensitive data but also highlights that not everything needs to be encrypted.

Encryption for Sensitive Data

  • Encrypted messaging is recommended for sensitive communication.
  • Laptop drives should be encrypted when traveling with them.
  • For individuals with a higher threat level, encrypt absolutely everything that you'd rather lose access to than have stolen.

Non-Sensitive Data

  • Online backups do not need to be encrypted.
  • Drives storing non-sensitive data do not need to be encrypted.

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🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! Up until now, Apple kept an encryption key for things like your personal photos and messages stored on their iCloud servers. That meant, if you ever forgot your passcode or otherwise locked yourself out, Apple could recover that data for you. But, side effect, that also meant a government could subpoena them, or a super-villain could theoretically break in and steal them. Now, in the US, and in more places over the course of the next year, we’ll have the option to turn on Advanced Data Protection for iCloud. In other words, turn off Apple’s ability to access almost everything on iCloud. literally make them throw their key away. Then, just like our health data and passwords have been, our photos and messages will be utterly, completely locked down. But should they be? Should we actually turn advanced data protection on? 🔐 Passkeys: https://youtu.be/p-8l98O9lhw 🔔 SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/reneritchie?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 LINKS 🗂 CHAPTERS 🚨 ETHICS & DISCLAIMER All opinions are my own. This channel does not produce sponsored or paid reviews. Companies occasionally provide briefings or loan sample products to facilitate reviews but provide no payment and get no editorial input, content approval, or advanced previews. They see them for the first time when you do Links may contain referrals for affiliate programs that provide this channel with a tiny commission should you make a purchase. They likewise receive zero editorial input or consideration 📝 CREDITS 📷 Some video and images via by Getty Images and/or AP Archives 🎸 Some music via by Epidemic