Advanced Data Protection is a function presented in iOS 16.2 that brought end-to-end file encryption to nearly all iCloud functions, seriously raising the personal privacy and security of Apple’s cloud services. Obviously, there’s a major bug with it in iOS 17.6, since Apple has actually simply launched an iOS/iPadOS 17.6.1 upgrade that particularly attends to an issue with it.
The release keeps in mind just state:
This upgrade consists of essential bug repairs and addresses a problem that avoids allowing or disabling Advanced Data Protection.
There are no descriptions about what other bugs might be repaired, however if Apple is calling out the Advanced Data Protection problem, that’s quickly the most considerable one. Apple likewise launched iOS/iPadOS 16.7.10, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, and macOS Ventura 13.6.9 with the very same repair.
Apple’s security updates page states “This upgrade has actually no released CVE entries.” That does not suggest there are no security spots in the upgrade, just that any repairs that exist were for problems not released in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database.
If you are running iOS 17.6, you ought to upgrade to this variation instantly.
