Which cryptographic method does iTunes use to encrypt Backups

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I am writing a little cli tool to recover data from iTunes Backups. How does iTunes encrypt its Backups?

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I do not think Apple is using a standard encryption, as the FBI demonstrated for us, its so far, uncrackable, it contains your used passwords, and other sensitive information, how are you planning on decrypting this data?

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IPhone – Reinstalling the Windows machine and wanting to preserve iTunes backups

Depending on the iOS version of your devices, I suggest backing up to iCloud instead. If you have iOS 5 installed, find iCloud in Settings, select storage and backup, and backup all of your devices.

If you do not have enough room for all of your devices under iCloud or if they don't have iOS 5, you can follow this guide to back them up.

IPhone – How to create and save multiple iPhone backups in iTunes

Well, there is always the option to copy the contents of

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

to some other place on a regular basis.

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