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Ephemeral configuration: All caches, credentials storage, and so on are kept in RAM and dies when the session is invalidated. Background configuration: Similar to default, supports requests while app is suspended
Not backgroundable NSURLSessionDownloadTask: - Donwloads data into a local file - Backgroundable NSURLSessionUploadTask: - Uploads data from a local file - Backgroundable *Performed asynchronously by default