If you own an iPhone, you might already have an iCloud account for your file storage needs. And if you don't, you should; regular online backups make it much easier to restore your data if your phone ...

If you've put in the effort to secure your data on your computer, iPhone and other devices, you can already sleep better than most people. But there's still a vector that could be out of your control: ...

Apple users can now activate Apple Advanced Data Protection for iCloud to secure their most sensitive data with military-grade encryption that even Apple cannot access. This groundbreaking security ...

Turning on Advanced Data Protection means you are asking Apple to encrypt your iCloud data from end to end. (Apple/TNS) This week a reader asks, “I would like to know if I should turn on Advanced Data ...

Advanced Data Protection, which is opt-in, provides end-to-end encryption for 10 additional iCloud data categories like Photos, Notes, and Reminders, meaning that Apple no longer possesses the keys to ...

We previously outlined what ADP is, and why it matters, but the executive summary is that it extends end-to-end encryption to almost all your iCloud data. That means that Apple has no access, and ...

Apple Inc. has disabled Advanced Data Protection for U.K. users following a reported request from the government to build a backdoor into the feature. The company made the encryption tool inaccessible ...

We live in dangerous times. As is being widely reported, Apple is being forced to add a backdoor to iCloud, which opens up access to all your iPhone, iPad content backed up to iCloud, whether it’s end ...

Here’s what to do without Advanced Data Protection. Image: Apple/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If you want to keep your iCloud data completely private and secure, but you live in the United Kingdom — ...

Apple Breaks Silence on UK Probe, Removes Data Protection Tool From UK Users Your email has been sent The U.K. government demanded a backdoor into Apple’s Advanced Data Protection. In response to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Birch is a London-based advisor on digital financial services. Financial services rest on the twin, but interrelated, ...