There are three main features being announced: iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud.
Today, Apple announced many new security measures to provide users with important tools to protect their most sensitive data and communications. While the Cupertino company will not make most of these features mandatory for users, it will give those at higher risk – such as journalists, human rights activists, and diplomats an extra layer of protection.
Three main features are being announced: iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud. These functions will launch to all users globally in 2023, although US customers will have Advanced Data Protection by the end of this year., which offers an extreme, optional level of security to some users who believe high-level hackers are tracking them.
“At Apple, we are unwavering in our commitment to provide our users with the best data security in the world. We constantly identify and mitigate emerging threats to their personal data on device and in the cloud,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering.
“Advanced Data Protection is Apple’s highest level of cloud data security, giving users the choice to protect the vast majority of their most sensitive iCloud data with end-to-end encryption so that it can only be decrypted on their trusted devices,” said Ivan Krstić, Apple’s head of Security Engineering and Architecture.
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