[varenc]

It is an option! https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205220

I make encrypted iOS backups to my computer. Happens automatically when I plug in my phone. Data never touches the cloud.

Also Apple does use E2EE for some iCloud backup data like Health, and Keychain (passwords). If you lose access to all of your iDevices you can't recover that data.

I totally agree that Apple should just make all iCloud backup data E2EE. Given that users already lose some types of data from their backup when they lose the key, that doesn't seem like that much of a barrier. Supposedly the reason they're not all E2EE is because of pressure from the FBI[0]. But people like me that care can still have encrypted backups.

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

[ksec]

>I make encrypted iOS backups to my computer. Happens automatically when I plug in my phone. Data never touches the cloud.

I wish they make a iOS Time Capsule for that.