@jsrailton@citizenlab Big advantage IF NSA got Apple's cooperation is distributing a signed version of IOS to users in Russia that contains the modified BackupAgent. While each App has its own rooted file system and can't normally touch/see another app's files (unless you grant permission), the backup process (either to iCloud or to a Mac/PC with iTunes/Finder has access to all App's files.
@jfmezei@jsrailton@citizenlab While wholesale cooperation would make this moot, apps can choose to exclude themselves from backups. It’s long been a complaint, for example, that Signal on iOS has literally no way of backing up messages.
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