Apple now protects Safari bookmarks with end-to-end encryption

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in AAPL Investors edited October 2021
Safari bookmarks now get end-to-end encryption, improving security as iCloud syncs between users' devices.

Safari now protects bookmarks with end-to-end encryption
Safari now protects bookmarks with end-to-end encryption


Despite what some columnists say, Apple describes end-to-end encryption in its iCloud security overview as providing "the highest level of data security." It has now extended that to the bookmarks saved, and synced between devices, in Safari.

First spotted by Reddit user SoleSolace, this gives bookmarks the same security protection as Safari History and iCloud Tabs.

Apple and other Big Tech firms have continually been under pressure to allow governments backdoor access to end-to-end encrypted data, thereby removing all of the security it offers.

Read on AppleInsider

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    XedXed Posts: 2,569member
    Why wasn't this done many years earlier? What else doesn't have end-to-end encryption via iCloud?
    edited October 2021 minicoffee
  • Reply 2 of 2
    lostkiwilostkiwi Posts: 639member
    Looking at the iCloud security overview, this doesn't seem to be the case?  

    Safari Bookmarks:  In transit & on server
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