Apple iOS 8 Will Lock Out Apple And Authorities

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Apple’s new privacy policy seems to address at least one of the complaints users have had with all companies who have our personal data. Apple has taken steps to secure iOS 8 from prying eyes, those of Apple themselves and those of the authorities.

In it’s policy change Apple says that any device running iOS 8 will only be accessible by the user who has the passcode. Not even Apple will have this passcode or the ability to override the passcode (as they have in the past). This means Apple will not be assisting authorities, even with warrants, to gain access to user’s iDevices as they will not have a way to get to the information.

It’s important to note that this applies only to the devices themselves, anything stored on iCloud or on Apple’s servers could still be subject to search warrants and Apple would have to comply. This is a good start to increasing privacy of private citizens but is it a valiant but useless effort? We already know what the NSA is capable of. What’s going to stop them from gaining access to these phones anyway? Certainly not one single passcode. What do you think of the new iOS 8 policy? Let us know in the comments below or on Google+, Facebook and Twitter. You can also read Tim Cook full press release on the new privacy policy after the Source links.

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At Apple, your trust means everything to us. That’s why we respect your privacy and protect it with strong encryption, plus strict policies that govern how all data is handled.

Security and privacy are fundamental to the design of all our hardware, software, and services, including iCloud and new services like Apple Pay. And we continue to make improvements. Two-step verification, which we encourage all our customers to use, in addition to protecting your Apple ID account information, now also protects all of the data you store and keep up to date with iCloud.

We believe in telling you up front exactly what’s going to happen to your personal information and asking for your permission before you share it with us. And if you change your mind later, we make it easy to stop sharing with us. Every Apple product is designed around those principles. When we do ask to use your data, it’s to provide you with a better user experience.

We’re publishing this website to explain how we handle your personal information, what we do and don’t collect, and why. We’re going to make sure you get updates here about privacy at Apple at least once a year and whenever there are significant changes to our policies.

A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product. But at Apple, we believe a great customer experience shouldn’t come at the expense of your privacy.

Our business model is very straightforward: We sell great products. We don’t build a profile based on your email content or web browsing habits to sell to advertisers. We don’t “monetize” the information you store on your iPhone or in iCloud. And we don’t read your email or your messages to get information to market to you. Our software and services are designed to make our devices better. Plain and simple.

One very small part of our business does serve advertisers, and that’s iAd. We built an advertising network because some app developers depend on that business model, and we want to support them as well as a free iTunes Radio service. iAd sticks to the same privacy policy that applies to every other Apple product. It doesn’t get data from Health and HomeKit, Maps, Siri, iMessage, your call history, or any iCloud service like Contacts or Mail, and you can always just opt out altogether.

Finally, I want to be absolutely clear that we have never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services. We have also never allowed access to our servers. And we never will.

Our commitment to protecting your privacy comes from a deep respect for our customers. We know that your trust doesn’t come easy. That’s why we have and always will work as hard as we can to earn and keep it.

Tim

Last Updated on November 27, 2018.

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