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Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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By the way, the earlier posted article https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain had an update starting at the paragraph with title Update: Statement from Proton and additional commentary

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[–] cyrus@sopuli.xyz 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Proton and Wire didn't share any decrypted ciphertexts, Wire shared a ProtonMail address and Proton an iCloud Address that they had set as a recovery method.

Personal info like where they live came from Apple.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I know wire and proton are encrypted. Apple services certainly aren't though.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

They didn't require any encrypted data. Apple has your name and payment details unencrypted, as they need them to charge you.

[–] panicnow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Most Apple services can be encrypted including iCloud. Basically email and calendaring are not covered.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651#advanced

If you set it up as “advanced” then only you hold the recovery keys.