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Apple doesn't end to end encrypt iCloud Photo uploads -- they do transfer and store them encrypted, but they still have a key to view them if they want to.

• xur17 5y ago
  This [0] seems to indicate that they do: > iCloud secures your information by encrypting it when it's in transit, storing it in iCloud in an encrypted format, and using secure tokens for authentication. For certain sensitive information, Apple uses end-to-end encryption. This means that only you can access your information, and only on devices where you’re signed into iCloud. No one else, not even Apple, can access end-to-end encrypted information. [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303
  • kemayo 5y ago
    Read that support article again, it agrees with me. :-D There's a section "End-to-end encrypted data" which explicitly lists the things which are actually e2e, and iCloud Photos isn't on that list.
    • xur17 5y ago
      You are indeed correct, I totally missed that section.