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It has also informed existing users that the feature will need to be turned off in the future.

Apple refused, which means it can no longer offer the feature to users in the United Kingdom.

Advanced Data Protection in iCloud

Apple said the change will not affect 14 iCloud data categories that are end-to-end encrypted by default.

It isn’t nearly as secure but still offers protection for users who share their stuff with iCloud.

For existing users, Apple said it can’t shut down the feature automatically.

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The company said it’ll provide additional guidance to these users in the near future.

Advanced Data Protection “is an optional setting that offers our highest level of cloud data security.

Essentially, ADP means data isend-to-end encryptedand with SDP, it isn’t.

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