You're overloading "trust". I think most people trust Apple not to be malicious, but that doesn't mean they trust apple to omniscient and perfect. A back-chan

You're overloading "trust". I think most people trust Apple not to be malicious, but that doesn't mean they trust apple to omniscient and perfect. A back-channel that you can't inspect but Apple can use is a back-channel that you can't inspect but malicious actors have found a way to use waiting to happen. Preventing you from seeing that traffic doesn't protect you, only protects Apple at your expense, since you have no way of detecting whether something fishy is going on.