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| Apple offers advanced security features to protect user data in the cloud as well |
Apple on Wednesday announced three advanced security features focused on protecting user data from threats in the cloud, a new effort to give users stronger ways to protect their data.
The US tech giant said on its blog that the three features include: iMessage turn key verification, Apple ID security key, and iCloud advanced privacy.
Apple explained that by using the Ignition Key Verification feature in iMessage, users can verify that they are only communicating with the people they choose, and the Apple ID Security Key feature allows them to choose to use a physical security key for the registration request. Apple account.
With iCloud Advanced Data Protection, which uses end-to-end encryption to provide the highest level of security for Apple cloud data, users can protect their most important iCloud data including: iCloud backups, photos, notes, and more.
As threats to user data become more sophisticated and sophisticated, Apple says these new features join a host of other protections that make its products the most secure on the market, starting with the best hardware encryption and data security built into its habits. . In addition to the lock mode feature, it provides an optional highest level of security for users such as: journalists, human rights activists, and diplomats.
“At Apple, we are relentlessly committed to providing our users with the best data security in the world,” said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. We constantly identify and mitigate new threats to your personal data on devices and in the cloud. "
“Our security team has worked tirelessly to protect the privacy of our users, and with Call Key Verification in iMessage and iCloud Advanced Privacy & Security Key, users have three powerful new tools at their disposal to further protect their data and communications.”
According to Apple, the Ignition Key Verification feature will be available globally in 2023, while the Security Key feature will be available globally in early 2023. iCloud's enhanced privacy features are available to Apple members of the beta program in the US starting today. It will be available to US users by the end of the year. It will be available to the rest of the world in early 2023.