[lxgr]

> I'm interested to see what the uptake is among users

My suspicion is that it'll be quite low for many years, for two reasons:

- It requires a recent iOS and macOS version on all of a user's devices. Still got an old iPad lying around somewhere that doesn't receive software updates anymore? No key verification for you. (In a similar way, Apple has been making older devices obsolete by preventing Notes sync in some previous iOS version. This is only an issue because all of these apps are not updateable outside of the core OS.)

- It requires users to be logged in to the same Apple ID for iCloud and iMessage.

The former will only change once these old devices completely die – I just don't think many users will value key verification enough.

[nixgeek]

iCloud Advanced Data Protection also requires modern hardware and won’t enable if you have outdated/vintage stuff logged in on your Apple account.

[Kluggy]

This is super annoying. I don't have iCloud stuff enabled on my old iPad, but it works just fine as a media streaming device for the kids. I want to enable Advanced Data Protection, but it won't let me until I replace the perfectly good iPad :(

[rezonant]

Couldn't you just make a dedicated account for that device? Wouldn't that be preferable anyway? You could still use family controls.

[_rs]

Any idea what happens if you sign out, enable it, and try to sign back in? Is the error as cryptic as I might imagine?

[Kluggy]

IIRC, it's just a generic failure to log into iCloud

[ezfe]

You can remove that iPad from your account if you don't need iCloud for it

[Kluggy]

We do use it for TV+ shows like Snoopy in Space, so alas, I'm stuck with it being registered

[hnbear]

Unregister your account, register a new iCloud and add it to your iCloud family. You can have 6 people in your family account.

I have ADP on my devices but no one else in my family has it on and we’re all in the same iCloud family.