[concinds]

The point is that many people have iCloud Backups enabled without any awareness whatsoever of the implications, as iCloud Backups are opt-out and there is zero disclosure within the OS (only an Apple Support webpage nobody will visit).

It leads to E2E being systemically weakened, since most of your iMessage conversations will get immediately scooped up by Apple and alpbabet agencies, dragnet-style.

[sneak]

There is no evidence that the messages are being collected dragnet-style. FAA702 is targeted.