That’s just an outright lie, though.
There’s Time Machine:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/keep-your-time-mach...
Or you can run any number of third party backup software.
There’s Time Machine:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/keep-your-time-mach...
Or you can run any number of third party backup software.
I would not trust Apple with all my data, which is essentially what you're doing if they have the key.
Can you do a full-disk encrypted backup of your drive using only your own keys and not sending any data back to Apple?
If you can, then I'm wrong. But "outright lie" is an uncharitable interpretation of my error.
Lol, downvoted with no answers. Apple victims are a thin-skinned bunch.
I think it's best not to say something is a "lie" unless you have a strong basis for it, let alone asserting it is a "outright lie".
A lie is an intentionally false statement. It involves an intention to deceive. It's highly unlikely that someone on Hacker News would set out to intentionally mislead people who are familiar with the subject-matter and who know how to fact check.
At best they are "wrong", "misinformed" or "mistaken". Although, as said in the first paragraph, I suspect you're actually at cross-purposes with each other.
I don’t see much difference between “confidently stated but provably wrong in seconds via Google” and a lie.
And there is a significant difference between offering an ill-informed opinion and lying. One can be reckless or negligent, but not a liar. To be a liar, they need to positively know they are wrong but post it anyway.
I was hoping you'd say it was simply used for rhetorical effect. I must say, I'm a little disappointed you're maintaining your position. Sometimes, it's best just to assume good faith.
Like I said, others had already covered the iOS side of things.
There are no Apple devices for which the statement is true, and the certainty of "Apple conveniently disallows people from making local backups encrypted with your own key" makes me quite comfortable considering it to be a dishonest statement rather than merely ignorant.
Similar to "vaccines don't work"; whether it's out of ignorance or maliciousness, it's a lie.
(Further complicating matters: telling lies even results in believing them to be truthful over time; it's still a lie! https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2018/november/lying-old-gutches...)