> 1. Photos (and other documents) are currently uploaded to iCloud un-encrypted No, they are encrypted, just not e2e. Apple holds the encryption key, though.

> 1. Photos (and other documents) are currently uploaded to iCloud un-encrypted No, they are encrypted, just not e2e. Apple holds the encryption key, though. > 2. These photos are already scanned for CSAM after upload No, they are not. > 3. Because the photos are not encrypted, at any point, any government can file a court order to release those photos. Not because they are unencrypted, but because Apple can decrypt them on demand, since they gold the key(s).