> Apple ... is obliged to turn over my iCloud data to the government with a subpoena. Apple must of course comply with a subpoena, but it can only hand over da

> Apple ... is obliged to turn over my iCloud data to the government with a subpoena. Apple must of course comply with a subpoena, but it can only hand over data it holds the keys to. The iOS Security whitepaper[1] goes into some details. Any encryption keys that are stored in iCloud Keychain "share[] the security characteristics of iCloud Keychain—the keys are available only on the user’s trusted devices, and not to Apple or any third party." This is used for some, but not all, categories of iCloud data today—iMessage transcripts, for instance, are safe only if you do not use iCloud Backup. 1: https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.... Your post makes it sound like Google targeting ads to you and Apple complying with legal data requests happen with the same frequency, which is obviously false, and definitely is a difference in practical terms for the everyday user. According to Apple's transparency report[2], they gave data up in 2,088 account requests in the United States in the first half of 2018. 2: https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-requests/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-request...