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minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·5 months agoIt’s not proprietary. It’s the AES 256 standard.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoThe OS is, it runs everything and can do anything locally.
minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoPeople were claiming Apple was secretly keeping deleted photos in the cloud. Which was what my parent comment was about.
minus-squareairglow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-25 months agoiCloud is proprietary by definition because Apple has not publicly released its source code under a free license.
minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoYes. I’m referring to the encryption standard and I’m saying the photos stored in the cloud service are E2EE.
minus-squareairglow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoAES is a specification, not a piece of software. Closed-source software like iCloud that implements the AES specification is still proprietary.
It’s not proprietary. It’s the AES 256 standard.
The OS is, it runs everything and can do anything locally.
People were claiming Apple was secretly keeping deleted photos in the cloud. Which was what my parent comment was about.
iCloud is proprietary by definition because Apple has not publicly released its source code under a free license.
Yes. I’m referring to the encryption standard and I’m saying the photos stored in the cloud service are E2EE.
But AES is
AES is a specification, not a piece of software. Closed-source software like iCloud that implements the AES specification is still proprietary.