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Apple allegedly retains iCloud notes after deletion

The Russian software company stated that it was using its version of PhoneBreaker tool

A Russian software company called ElcomSoft has had previously made headlines in the past for its findings against Apple and how it controls and secures its cloud data. Now, the company has made a claim that Apple has been holding on to deleted notes after the closing of the thirty-day grace period during which they are kept in the “Recently Deleted” folder.

The company has stated that it was using its own version of the PhoneBreaker tool which had the ability to extract notes outside of the thirty day grace period. ElcomSoft has written that its tool extracted 50 notes which had been deleted by the user over a month ago.

ElcomSoft has also stated that the results vary on an account-by-account basis, with accounts returning a large number of deleted notes, and some lesser. The company states in order to get to the depth of this issue, it would require a larger test base.

“We discovered that Apple apparently retains in the cloud copies of the users’ notes that were deleted by the user. Granted, deleted notes can be accessed on iCloud.com for some 30 days through the “Recently Deleted” folder; this is not it. We discovered that deleted notes are actually left in the cloud way past the 30-day period, even if they no longer appear in the “Recently Deleted” folder,” stated the company in its blog post.

The research company has also made several other discoveries before. Earlier, ElcomSoft had reported that the iCloud was storing more Safari history than it should, and Apple swiftly corrected the flaw the same day.

Apple is yet to respond on the current findings, but if it has the same pace as before, it shouldn’t be long before Apple corrects it and explains itself whatever is causing the notes to be retrievable.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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