Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups

Dec 7 2022 by The Verge

 
Apple announced some big new security features on Wednesday. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge

Apple will finally be adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, the company said as part of a major set of security announcements on Wednesday. Under what it calls Advanced Data Protection, Apple will expand the number of “data categories” protected by end-to-end encryption from 14 to 23, with backups, Notes, and Photos now covered.

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