Patent Watch: Apple’s “Safe Deposit Box” Feature

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Apple was recently awarded a patent for a “safe deposit box” feature, which the company could implement in a future version of OS X. The feature would encrypt and hide important files, as well as possibly uploading them to “the cloud,” where they would be out of harm’s way. This handy feature may make its way into the Time Machine utility in OS X 10.7, which is reportedly going to launch this Summer.

[via Patently Apple]

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    If users wanted, they could prioritize files through a rating system that would automatically determine what level of security and backup they get. Security would be relatively fine-grained as well. It could lock down files on a basic level with encryption, but it could also deliberately obfuscate the file name and only associate it with the original for the verified owner. Apple would give users a degree of flexibility over how long the Safe Deposit Box would stay open with a timeout monitor that could force users to login again after a set point in time.

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      I would definitely appreciate a feature such as this in OS X 10.7.

      Would you?