Circa 2013 Snowden says the intelligence agencies are wiretapping everything and monitoring everyone.
In 2024 they don't have to wiretap anything. It's all being sent directly to the cloud. Their job has been done for them.
In 2024 they don't have to wiretap anything. It's all being sent directly to the cloud. Their job has been done for them.
There are big risks to having a cloud digital footprint, yet clouds can be used “somewhat securely” with encryption depending on your personal threat model.
Also, it’s not fair to compare clouds to wiretapping. Unless you are implying that Apple’s infrastructure is backdoored without their knowledge? One does not simply walk into an Apple datacenter and retrieve user data without questions asked. Legal process is required, and Apple’s legal team has one the stronger track records of standing up against broad requests.
So by default, user data is not protected.
With ADP if your mom loses her encryption keys, it's all gone. Forever. Permanently.
And of course it's Apple's fault somehow. That's why it's not the default.
Yes, perhaps broad dragnet type of might be scoffed down by some judges (outside of Patriot act FISA judges ofc)
I would warn you about the general E2E encryption and encrypted at rest claims. They are in-fact correct, but perhaps misleading? At some point, for most, the data does get decrypted server-side - cue the famous ":-)"