Starting with iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, and macOS 13.1, each of which are expected to beryllium released adjacent week, users person the enactment to alteration a new Advanced Data Protection feature that expands end-to-end encryption to galore further areas of iCloud, including Messages backups, Photos, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, and more.

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To support users, Apple does not let Advanced Data Protection to beryllium enabled from a marque caller instrumentality for an unspecified play aft the instrumentality was archetypal acceptable up and added to a user's Apple ID account. We person seen dates scope from precocious January to aboriginal February for erstwhile users volition beryllium capable to crook connected the diagnostic from a caller device. This buffer helps to forestall a malicious histrion from enabling the feature.

Users tin inactive alteration Advanced Data Protection from an older instrumentality they added to the aforesaid Apple ID account, specified arsenic different iPhone, iPad, oregon Mac. In this case, the caller instrumentality is inactive afloat protected by the expanded end-to-end encryption for iCloud.

Turning connected Advanced Data Protection removes your encryption keys from Apple's servers for the iCloud categories protected by the feature, ensuring that your information remains unafraid adjacent successful the lawsuit of a information breach successful the cloud. When the diagnostic is enabled, the encryption keys are lone stored connected your trusted Apple devices, meaning that they cannot beryllium accessed by Apple oregon others. The diagnostic tin beryllium turned disconnected astatine immoderate time, astatine which constituent your devices volition securely upload the encryption keys to Apple's servers again.

When Advanced Data Protection is enabled, entree to your information via iCloud.com is disabled by default. Users tin crook connected information entree connected iCloud.com, which allows the web browser and Apple to person impermanent entree to data-specific encryption keys.

iCloud already protects 14 information categories utilizing end-to-end encryption by default, without Advanced Data Protection enabled, including passwords stored successful iCloud Keychain, Health data, Apple Maps hunt history, Apple Card transactions, and more. Apple has a support document with a illustration detailing what is protected by modular levels of encryption and what is protected by Advanced Data Protection erstwhile enabled.

Advanced Data Protection is disposable for U.S. users lone astatine motorboat and volition commencement rolling retired to the remainder of the satellite successful aboriginal 2023, according to Apple. For much details astir the feature, work our coverage of Apple's announcement earlier this week.

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