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by bayareaguy 5603 days ago
Prior art?

2009 - http://www.randomwire.com/storing-sensitive-data-in-the-clou...

2008 - http://firmit.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/truecrypt-virtual-enc...

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Care to elaborate in your own words why you think so?

I will be quite peeved if something I have been doing for years with combinations of tools like Dropbox and Truecrypt becomes more difficult or costly to me or my customers due to a patent like this one.

Basically, it comes down to: the claims in patents are interpreted very narrowly.

If your device/method doesn't exactly match the claim elements of the independent claim(s) in Apple's patent - even one little difference in implementation is enough - then your device/method is not infringing. Don't worry, be happy.