Apple announced some big new security features on Wednesday. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge
Apple will finally be adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, the company said as part of a major set of security announcements on Wednesday. Under what it calls Advanced Data Protection, Apple will expand the number of “data categories” protected by end-to-end encryption from 14 to 23, with backups, Notes, and Photos now covered.
Users on Apple’s beta program in the US will be able to enable Advanced Data Protection beginning Wednesday, Apple says...
