> what good is that encryption, if Apple obviously can do almost anything with your device?
> They can still simply push a software update that sends the victim's keys to the mothership and/or simply decrypts everything
> This all just seems like pandering while they continue to accept billions from Google in exchange for their user's privacy.
> Couldn’t they simply use an encryption algorithm that has two private keys and they control one?
Apple could say they are going to cease operations tomorrow, close down the company, and people would comment "Yeah but they could always create a new company". I guess for those people nothing is ever enough.
This is a huge step forward (specifically iCloud E2EE) that I'm super excited about and people are busy coming up with threat models that 99% of us have zero use for and pretending as if this doesn't matter. It's disappointing.