Because the Titan chip must authorize every access to the decryption key, it can permanently block access after too many incorrect attempts at guessing the user's passcode, thus mitigating brute force attacks.The limited number of incorrect attempts is strictly enforced by a custom Titan firmware that cannot be updated without erasing the contents of the chip. Then, this passcode-protected key material is encrypted to a Titan security chip on our datacenter floor.The Titan chip is configured to only release the backup decryption key when presented with a correct claim derived from the user's passcode. This decryption key is encrypted using the user's lockscreen PIN/pattern/passcode, which isn't known by Google.
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Starting in Android Pie, devices can take advantage of a new capability where backed-up application data can only be decrypted by a key that is randomly generated at the client. What is clear though is that Apple has the means to provide law enforcement agencies access to your data should a court require it. It isn't clear if FBI was able to persuade Apple to not switch, or whether the company decided of its own volition.
More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud, according to one current and three former FBI officials and one current and one former Apple employee.Under that plan, primarily designed to thwart hackers, Apple would no longer have a key to unlock the encrypted data, meaning it would not be able to turn material over to authorities in a readable form even under court order.In private talks with Apple soon after, representatives of the FBI's cyber crime agents and its operational technology division objected to the plan, arguing it would deny them the most effective means for gaining evidence against iPhone-using suspects, the government sources said.When Apple spoke privately to the FBI about its work on phone security the following year, the end-to-end encryption plan had been dropped, according to the six sources.
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