> However, a former Apple employee said it was possible the encryption project was dropped for other reasons, such as concern that more customers would find the

> However, a former Apple employee said it was possible the encryption project was dropped for other reasons, such as concern that more customers would find themselves locked out of their data more often. This. It's also the reason why photos are not E2E encrypted on iOS: Apple really doesn't want to be in the position of saying "sorry, you lost all your data" or "sorry, it's sad that Grandma just died, but all of her photos are gone and there's nothing you can do about it."