>The reason iCloud data will always be accessible by Apple, and thus governments, is [...] so that Apple can offer customers the very important feature of accessing their own data if they forget or otherwise don't have the password. That is an essential feature, and why this aspect will never change.
And may the era of homomorphic encryption schemes come and thus render moot the need for Apple and other companies to access unencrypted data as a plausible excuse when performing back-end processing/recovery on their client's data.
edit: well, to correct myself, as you said that wouldn't obviate the need for the feature of "recover data without password, after passing some other security tests"
And may the era of homomorphic encryption schemes come and thus render moot the need for Apple and other companies to access unencrypted data as a plausible excuse when performing back-end processing/recovery on their client's data.
edit: well, to correct myself, as you said that wouldn't obviate the need for the feature of "recover data without password, after passing some other security tests"