Shane Cole
Developers updating their devices to the iOS 7 Golden Master seed have found that iCloud keychain, Apple's new cloud-based credential storage system, has disappeared.
iCloud Keychain, a new feature of iOS 7 and OS X 10.9 Mavericks that allows users to securely store account names, passwords, and credit card information in iCloud and sync the data between their Macs, iPhones, and iPads, appears to have been removed from the latest iOS 7 pre-release seed.
The feature, revealed at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, previously appeared as a toggle in the iCloud settings menu, but is now missing.
In addition, Apple's iOS 7 'What's New' page now lists iCloud Keychain as 'Coming Soon,' an indication that there has been a change to the feature's delivery schedule. It is possible that Cupertino may have opted to delay the release to coincide with the rollout of OS X Mavericks, which is expected in late October.
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That's weird, especially since they talked about it during WWDC. But the tie-in with 10.9 may make sense here.
Wh… but… No…
So. iOS 7.0.1, then…
Wouldn't be surprised if iCloud keychain is there but has been deactivated until Mavericks roles out.
Maybe the NSA scandal made AES appear too insecure? Maybe it was too buggy? Maybe they just were busy enjoying mojitos and forgot to code the feature? Who cares. It'll come when it comes. What I want to know is WHEN IS THE MAC PRO AVAILABLE? This year, on the 31st of December?
With the NSA and soon everyone else hacking into cloud services or more likely demanding a back door, why would you even consider putting your passwords in cloud storage????