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Re: Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data

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Post by surewe » Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 6:48 PM UTC

init2null wrote: post #65

Pakdef wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, we know that if you use icloud, Apple saves a copy of your encryption key ...

That's true with iCloud Backup specifically, not iCloud. But unsecured notes and photos don't fall under the encryption umbrella, so syncing those means you lose privacy. Even syncing messages is safe, since messages are shared with your private encryption key. iCloud Backup and photo syncing are pretty much the bones thrown to US law enforcement.

> Even syncing messages is safe, since messages are shared with your private encryption key.

Do you mean the syncing of messages between logged in devices via the normal iMessage delivery mechanism (which I know is encrypted), or the "Messages in iCloud" feature?

Re: Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data

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Post by alephxyz » Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 7:55 PM UTC

I wonder if it works well enough to travel, i.e. does it make it obvious that the phone is in repair mode and does it stop someone from copying an image of your personal data.

Re: Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data

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Post by randombits0 » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 3:38 AM UTC

stjohnswarts wrote: post #76

randombits0 wrote: post #70

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I can’t trust any of them. I still have a phone. I don’t trust it.

then don't get it repaired and chuck it if it breaks ? Or fix it yourself?

I don’t trust it already. It does not have access to data I want private so it doesn’t matter what I do when it breaks. That’s the point.

Re: Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data

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Post by alok-g » Mon, Aug 01, 2022, 5:46 AM UTC

Manufacturers, please do the same for laptops too.

ASUS warranty policy makes people click "I agree" to all their data being erased during a warranty repair. So what the repair needed is for a touch screen.