It should not be news to anyone that Apple they are skilled in Cloud data storage technology.
Over time, Apple has used partnerships with Microsoft (Microsoft Azure) and Amazon (S3) to store part of iCloud user data. This information was made public every time in iOS Security Guide.
Apple recently confirmed that Google Cloud Platform It is one of the third parties that will be stored encrypted some of the iCloud account data. However, it mentions that no data will be stored on these "auxiliary" clouds identification of users.
In the latest update of the iOS Security Guide, the Microsoft Azure cloud data storage service has been replaced with Google Cloud Platform. We do not know the exact reasons, but we know that Google is working very intensively on the development of this service.
Users' iCloud data, such as: contacts, documents, schedule / calendars, photos and other information, are stored encrypted AES-128 and SHA-256 in Google Cloud Platform.
Apple assures that this change of "storage provider" will not affect the users' iCloud experience in any way.
We know very well that in fact, Apple deals with the development of iOS and the part of ideas for innovation and development. Most of the services offered by Apple come through third-party companies. Including the iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices, they have components produced by companies. IPS displays from Samsung and sometimes even from LG, camera sensors from SONY... and so on.
