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That whole sentence seems mistaken since no iCloud data is available to law enforcement. iCloud is AES encrypted with keys that are held by the user-only (not Apple).

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.

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I think Apple has keys for 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.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

If that were really the case, how could you restore your data to a new iPhone? It's probably like the Dropbox encryption: its encrypted but they do have the key.

The key could be encrypted using the account password.

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