That's not good, but at least they had this going for them?
> Unlike most iCloud data, the records don’t seem to have been accessible to law enforcement requests. Apple declined to comment when reached by The Verge.
> Unlike most iCloud data, the records don’t seem to have been accessible to law enforcement requests. Apple declined to comment when reached by The Verge.
Nobody knew it was even available?
As people have pointed out, yes, Apple is a trusted part of the system and could release a new iOS/macOS update that captures these keys but short of that, neither Apple nor law enforcement have any access to your iCloud data.
"iCloud uses a minimum of 128-bit AES encryption and never provides encryption keys to any third parties."
If I interpret this correctly I am first party, Apple is second and third is everyone else.