This isn't 1980 anymore. The internet is super hostile and everyone wants to extract data. You're still free to allow every app on your computer full access, I won't. I am very glad that none of the hundreds of apps installed across my phone and Mac can access my photos and cameras without permission.
My concern is that eventually Apple will require all apps (including non-App Store) to be specially approved by Apple in order to get full-disk-access, even if the end-user wants to allow it; like how there are no third-party iPhone/iPad backup apps.
I think GP was talking about backup apps that run on the iPhone/iPad itself.
It's still possible to back up an iPhone to a jailbroken computer, using roughly the same iTunes sync system that was available on iPods. For now.
>You're still free to allow every app on your computer full access, I won't.
Sure. Do I have to reboot the machine and put in special commands in the UEFI? Will the next OS update then revert that on me anyway? Will they silo all the data on a per-app database, then make the machine unjailbreakable?
I have little confidence that I am still free to do this much longer.
That's a reasonable concern and I do hope that there's an escape hatch, but it can't be as easy as "click here for full remote control" or else most people would just do that and fall victim. This already happens regularly and it's what privileged dialogs aim to prevent.
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I might be missing something but isn't this exactly what iMazing[0] is? I know I use it to backup my iPhone, for example.
[0] <a href="https://imazing.com" rel="nofollow">https://imazing.com
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It's still possible to back up an iPhone to a jailbroken computer, using roughly the same iTunes sync system that was available on iPods. For now.
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Sure. Do I have to reboot the machine and put in special commands in the UEFI? Will the next OS update then revert that on me anyway? Will they silo all the data on a per-app database, then make the machine unjailbreakable?
I have little confidence that I am still free to do this much longer.
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