Should I encrypt my iPhone backup

Today, we will launch a debate about whether we should encrypt the iPhone backup or not. As is known worldwide, iPhone has been update to iPhone XS series with the powerful features. Now, more and more people will choose iPhone as their intelligent mobile devices. When it comes to backup data security, most people will set a password for iTunes backup. But when they forgot the password, they cannot access the backup data. It seems that everything backup before is in vain. Therefore, they have some doubts: should I encrypt my iPhone backup? Here we will run the specific discussion about it.

About iPhone backup features

Apple has released the iTunes backup encryption option for iPhone users to attach great importance to the security of their data. If you enable encryption of your backup, others are unable to access to all your data in the backup file without your permission. If someone is in control of your computer, it is impossible for them to look through your iDevice backups without the authorization.

The benefits of adding encryption to iPhone backup

Those who are in favor of adding protection to iPhone backup through encryption support that it is the most significant way to keep their data in safe. Also, when you enable encrypt iPhone backup, it means that you allow the account passwords, Health and Homekit data to be backed up. Besides, it is of great help to set up the new iPhone with encrypted backup which will automatically stores all your existing login passwords. If you have a new iPhone, you can just transfer the old data via iTunes with the password. So easy and time-saving!

How to activate the encryption of your iPhone backup

When you make up your mind to create the encrypted backup, you can do it easily with the preparation of a computer and your iPhone.

Step1: Use a USB cable to connect your iPhone with the computer and then run iTunes

Step 2: Find your iPhone below the click the Summary category, you will find the Encrypt iPhone backup option.

Step 3: Tick the checkbox and you will be asked to customize a password for the backup. You are offered the option: Remember this password in my keychain. In the end, you should click the Back Up Now option under Manually Backup Up and Restore.

What about the cons of iPhone backup encryption?

As is mentioned, the password is needed to encrypt the iPhone backup. But if I forgot the password, all the backup data is useless so that why not let the backup without password. Yes, some may argue that if you do not set the password, your data will in danger. So with a large number of data every day, which one can guarantee the 100% safe of our information? We have to remember so many passwords nowadays, why we add burden to ourselves in this way? Therefore, we prefer to not encrypt our iPhone backups.

Bottom line:

As those who oppose to the encryption of iPhone backup mention the iTunes backup password issue, we figure out two solutions here. Firstly, it is important to tick the Remember this password in my keychain option when you set the password. If your password has been kept in Keychain, you can find back the forgotten password easily with Keychain. The other solution is ask help from the professional iTunes backuppassword recovery software—iSunshare iTunes Password Genius. You can download the Windows version or Mac version to recover iTunes backup password effectively. Of course, finally, I am the supporter of encryption of iPhone backup because we cannot ignore the great benefit comparing to the troublesome of password forgotten issues.