Comment by basisword
1 day ago
I'm guessing this is because they haven't figured out a way to do it yet. I'm not very well versed in how these systems work but surely this type of encryption can't be disabled by Apple remotely (or they would have that backdoor they don't want)?
The Bloomberg article has a little more detail about this:
> Customers already using Advanced Data Protection, or ADP, will need to manually disable it during an unspecified grace period to keep their iCloud accounts. The company said it will issue additional guidance in the future to affected users and that it does not have the ability to automatically disable it on their behalf.
The “grace period” will also function nicely as a period of time for UK citizens to shout at their government representatives about this.
Wow, thanks for sharing! I thought that might be the case but "disable it or we'll have to nuke your data" seems so extreme I thought there must be a better way.
I'm thinking that by losing their iCloud account is just means it will be blocked from syncing anything with Apple's servers.
Anything else would be indicative of ADP encryption not working the way they said it does.
They will either just automatically turn it off in a future device software update, or they'll just post a deadline after which they will delete user data and prevent sync if it isn't disabled by the user.