{"id":33814,"date":"2021-10-04T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33814"},"modified":"2021-10-15T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T20:17:01","slug":"safari-bookmarks-now-end-to-end-encrypted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/04\/safari-bookmarks-now-end-to-end-encrypted\/","title":{"rendered":"Safari Bookmarks [Not Actually] End-To-End Encrypted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/10\/04\/apple-safari-bookmarks-end-to-end-encrypted\/\">Sami Fathi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/10\/04\/apple-safari-bookmarks-end-to-end-encrypted\/\"><p>Spotted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apple\/comments\/q0jnge\/safari_bookmarks_are_now_endtoend_encrypted\/\">Reddit<\/a>, an update to Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202303\">iCloud security overview<\/a>&rdquo; page has indicated that alongside Safari tabs and history, Safari bookmarks are now end-to-end encrypted, meaning no one, not even Apple, can access users&rsquo; saved Safari bookmarks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s not clear to me when the history became end-to-end encrypted. I&rsquo;ve heard that this was mentioned at <a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/07\/apples-new-privacy-page\/#comment-3108256\">WWDC 2019<\/a> for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina. Apple&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202303\">iCloud Security Overview<\/a> also now says iOS 13, but it wasn&rsquo;t updated to say that until <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210308050835\/https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202303\">March 2020<\/a>, long after iOS 13 shipped.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/29\/safari-15-for-mac\/\">Safari 15 for Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/21\/apple-dropped-plans-for-end-to-end-encrypted-icloud-backups-after-fbi-objected\/\">Apple Dropped Plans for End-to-End Encrypted iCloud Backups After FBI Objected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/07\/apples-new-privacy-page\/\">Apple&rsquo;s New Privacy Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/07\/requesting-your-personal-data-from-apple\/\">Requesting Your Personal Data From Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/keeping-your-safari-data-private\/\">Keeping Your Safari Data Private<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/24\/icloud-bookmark-syncing\/\">iCloud Bookmark Syncing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"safari-bookmarks-now-end-to-end-encrypted-update-2021-10-15\">Update (2021-10-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apple\/comments\/q0jnge\/safari_bookmarks_are_now_endtoend_encrypted\/\">Reddit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apple\/comments\/q0jnge\/safari_bookmarks_are_now_endtoend_encrypted\/\">\n<p>They updated the site again to say that bookmarks are <em>not<\/em> E2EE.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>And it doesn&rsquo;t say anything about Safari Reader. This privacy documentation is a disaster.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sami Fathi: Spotted on Reddit, an update to Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;iCloud security overview&rdquo; page has indicated that alongside Safari tabs and history, Safari bookmarks are now end-to-end encrypted, meaning no one, not even Apple, can access users&rsquo; saved Safari bookmarks. It&rsquo;s not clear to me when the history became end-to-end encrypted. 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