[willis936]

And what about all the people like me: imminently following the same path but never having used iCloud photos?

You're suggesting they are faking one violation of the 4th amendment for a much more egregious violation of the 4th amendment. They (AAPL) have nothing to gain by doing this.

[abacadaba]

Just sayin, it's not a _completely_ unimaginable situation. If the FBI was somehow able to access to those delete logs..

Anecdotal: One year my brother was coming back from spring break and there was a sign that said "drug checkpoint 1 mile." right before an exit. Everyone that got off at the exit got searched.

[willis936]

I agree that it's a very likely tactic if Apple and the TLAs are conspiring together. In my mind those two parties have very disparate goals.