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Reminder: Photos and videos in iCloud are not end to end encrypted (just like your device backup that contains your iMessage "e2e" keys) and are always readable by Apple (and thus FBI et al).

Apple is required to hand over data without a search warrant over 30,000 times per year to US authorities.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...

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Is there a way to have new iMessage e2e keys generated after disabling iCloud device backup?

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

> When you turn off iCloud Backup, a new key is generated on your device to protect future messages and isn't stored by Apple.

So it doesn't look like any extra steps are required.

The extra steps are having everyone else you iMessage with also turn off iCloud Backup.

Messages are all backed up twice by default: once from each device.

Turning off iCloud Backup is like migrating off of gmail to keep daddy G from reading your correspondence: it doesn't work when everyone else you correspond with is still being surveilled.

thanks for clarifying.

There’s nothing special about a “search warrant” compared to other equally valid forms of legal process.

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