It is not safe and i. Cloud photo stream is not safe. Selfie is always your own enjoyment, but these private photos stored in i. Cloud can be leaked and exploited maliciously.
This of course begs the query “How safe are my photos on iCloud?”
Apple uses strong encryption to keep your photos safe as they move between your devices and i, and cloud. As Apple notes on its support site, your photos are transmitted under a “minimum of 128-bit AES encryption”. This means that your photos are given the same treatment as your i. Phone backups, i. Cloud Drive, and your other i, and cloud-stored content.
, and data security. For certain sensitive information, Apple uses end-to-end encryption. This means that only you can access your information, and only on devices where you’re signed in to i, and cloud. No one else, not even Apple, can access end-to-end encrypted information.
What does it mean when a photo is protected in iCloud?
On a very basic level, it means that when one of your images is being transmitted (uploaded or downloaded), that photo is protected while it’s in transit. This means that if someone were to copy the data for a photo that you were uploading from your i. Phone to i. Cloud while it was being uploaded, they shouldn’t be able to see the actual image.
Are icloud files encrypted?
, all i Cloud data is protected at rest minimally by encryption as described in the security white paper Apple publishes regularly. Each file is broken into chunks and encrypted by i. Cloud using AES-128 and a key derived from each chunk’s contents that utilizes SHA-256.
You might be asking “Are iCloud messages encrypted?”
One source claimed, with i Cloud Backup enabled, your i. Cloud messages are encrypted, then backed up to i. Cloud and stored on Apple’s servers. However, Apple receives a copy of the key that is used to encrypt that backup.
The next thing we wondered was: can Apple decrypt your iCloud data?
The most frequent answer is: no one else, not even Apple, can access end-to-end encrypted information. In some cases, your i. Cloud data may be stored using third-party partners’ servers—such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform—but these partners don’t have the keys to decrypt your data stored on their servers.
Why are my files uploaded to iCloud Drive showing as encrypted?
Basically for devices that never had the App in question installed or the App hasn’t been opened since the files were uploaded, the files uploaded to i. Cloud Drive will show as encrypted. This isn’t a problem, it just means that the device hasn’t decrypted the files. This is actually a good sign as it means your files are encrypted in the cloud.