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It’s not a false statement.

Encrypted or not, Google will give the backups to the government, along with any keys they have.

I agree that there would be more protection against the government if the backups were encrypted, and I hope this is still Apple’s plan.

Google on the other hand, has been scanning photos for CSAM all along, and collects a massive trove of behavioral data from android and every one of their other properties including search history, all of which are also available to the government.