{
  "slug": "apple-home",
  "name": "Apple Home",
  "maker": "Apple",
  "category": "home",
  "verdict": "p",
  "answer": "Partly. Only you and the people you share your home with can see your camera recordings and live views in Apple Home. Siri requests that go to Apple's servers aren't sealed, though Apple doesn't keep the audio unless you opt in.",
  "title": "Is Apple Home encrypted? Cameras, live view and Siri",
  "description": "Only you and people you share your home with can see HomeKit Secure Video clips and live views. Siri requests sent to Apple's servers aren't sealed.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "cam",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you and people you share your home with",
      "note": "HomeKit Secure Video needs an iCloud+ plan and keeps 10 days of clips, end-to-end encrypted.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "Recordings"
    },
    {
      "key": "live",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you and people you share your home with",
      "note": "Live streams go straight to your devices or through your home hub, which passes them on without decrypting them.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Live view"
    },
    {
      "key": "mic",
      "status": "p",
      "words": "Partly",
      "note": "Siri handles many requests on your device, but others go to Apple's servers, which can keep their transcripts for up to two years.",
      "sources": [
        4,
        5
      ],
      "label": "Voice commands"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Your Apple devices hold the keys to camera video and Home data, and Apple says it can't read either.",
  "can_see": "The text of Siri requests handled on its servers, tied to a random device identifier rather than your Apple Account, for up to two years.",
  "business": null,
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": null,
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "is-homekit-secure-video-encrypted",
      "q": "Is HomeKit Secure Video end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "Yes. Your home hub checks camera clips at home, then encrypts them before they go to iCloud, and the keys are stored with iCloud end-to-end encryption [1]. Apple says it's all end-to-end encrypted, and the video doesn't count toward your iCloud storage [2].\n\nYou need an iCloud+ plan: the 50 GB plan covers one camera, 200 GB up to five, and 2 TB or more any number [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "can-apple-see-my-cameras",
      "q": "Can Apple see my home cameras?",
      "a": "No. Apple says activity your cameras detect is analyzed and encrypted by your devices at home [4], and its security guide says the home hub relays live streams without decrypting them [1]. Home data is end-to-end encrypted too [3].\n\nPeople you share your home with can watch live streams at home, and you decide whether they can see recordings or watch from away [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "does-siri-record-me",
      "q": "Does Siri on HomePod record what I say?",
      "a": "Apple says Siri does as much as it can on your device, and it doesn't keep audio recordings unless you opt in to help improve Siri [6]. Requests that go to Apple's servers are tied to a random identifier, not your Apple Account, and Apple can keep their transcripts for up to two years [5].\n\nWhen Siri uses Private Cloud Compute, Apple says your data isn't stored or made accessible to Apple [6]."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "HomeKit camera security (Apple Platform Security)",
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/security/camera-security-sec525461d19/web",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Store encrypted security camera footage in iCloud with HomeKit Secure Video",
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/icloud-homekit-secure-video-mme054c72692/icloud",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "iCloud data security overview",
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Privacy: Features",
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "url": "https://www.apple.com/privacy/features/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Siri, Dictation & Privacy",
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "url": "https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/ask-siri-dictation/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Our longstanding privacy commitment with Siri",
      "publisher": "Apple",
      "url": "https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/01/our-longstanding-privacy-commitment-with-siri/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "ring",
    "google-nest",
    "alexa",
    "icloud"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/apple-home/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}