Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources

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Reversal on iCloud came two years ago, six sources told Reuters.

Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources
Apple Inc dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The tech giant's reversal, about two years ago, has not ...

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