If you want full data security, you need additional technical knowledge and a different workflow. iCloud isn't for you. As someone who very much doesn't use iC

If you want full data security, you need additional technical knowledge and a different workflow. iCloud isn't for you. As someone who very much doesn't use iCloud for exactly this reason, I'd have a lot more sympathy with that argument if Apple didn't push everyone towards iCloud and the accompanying insecurity while simultaneously making it much more difficult than it needs to be to move your data between, onto and off Apple devices in other, more secure ways.