Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, December 8th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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This is a pretty big deal. Apple plans to launch

advanced data protection which will offer end-to-end encryption on iCloud backups, notes, photos, and more.

It's going to launch in the US in 2022 and globally, including China in 2023, quoting the

Wall Street Journal.

The expanded end-to-end encryption system, an optional feature called advanced data protection

would keep most data secure that is stored in I-Cloud, and Apple service used by many of its users to store

photos backup their iPhones or save specific device data such as notes and

messages the data would be protected in the event that apple is hacked and it also wouldn't be accessible to law enforcement

even with a warrant. While Apple has drawn attention in the past for being unable to help agencies

such as the FBI access data on its encrypted iPhones, it has been able to provide much of the data stored in iCloud backups upon a valid legal request.

Last year, it responded to thousands of such requests in the US according to the company.

With these new security enhancements, Apple would no longer have the technical ability to comply

with certain law enforcement requests such as for iCloud backups, which could include

iMessage chat logs and attachments and have been used in many investigations.

The FBI said it was, quote, deeply concerned with the threat end to end and user only

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