Hacker News: Gatorguyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=GatorguyHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:17:16 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by Gatorguy in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"]]>We're talking iCloud and data encryption compared to Google's Android Cloud E2EE, and you're doing maps.

]]>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43138602Gatorguyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43138602https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43138602<![CDATA[New comment by Gatorguy in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"]]>Small correction.

Google had "created a system where they don't have access to your data on their servers" a couple of years BEFORE Apple. Android 10 introduced it in 2019.

]]>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:27:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43136110Gatorguyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43136110https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43136110<![CDATA[New comment by Gatorguy in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"]]>Wrong. Google Android user cloud backups are E2EE by default.There is no option to opt out. Use Google's backup service and your data is encrypted at rest, in transit, and on device. aka end-to-end.

It's not just Google saying it. Google Cloud encryption is independently verified

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