[Infowarrior] - iCloud Was Storing Deleted Safari Browser History for Months, but Apple Fixed the Issue

[Richard Forno]

iCloud Was Storing Deleted Safari Browser History for Months, but Apple Fixed the Issue

Thursday February 9, 2017 10:51 am PST by Juli Clover

When clearing Safari browser history, iPhone and iPad users expect all records to be permanently deleted from their devices, but it appears Apple's cross-device browser syncing feature caused iCloud to secretly store browsing history for a much longer period of time ranging from several months to over a year. 

iCloud was caught storing deleted browser history by software company Elcomsoft, which develops cracking tools for extracting protected data from iOS devices. Speaking to Forbes, Elcomsoft CEO Vladimir Katalov explained that the company had been able to retrieve "deleted" browser history dating back more than a year.

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https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/09/icloud-storing-deleted-safari-browser-history/