Comment by SXX
1 day ago
This will likely depend on your primary account region. Apple can't just turn off E2EE on existing account nilly willy.
1 day ago
This will likely depend on your primary account region. Apple can't just turn off E2EE on existing account nilly willy.
<< Apple can't just turn off E2EE on existing account nilly willy.
If they are able to, then then can be compelled. Do you mean won't/wouldn't?
“Apple said it will issue additional guidance in the future to affected users and that it "does not have the ability to automatically disable it on their behalf."”
From https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-encrypted-i...
They can break a sync on server-side for your account.
They can't disable it on device though.
They control the software running on your device, and said software ultimately has access to the encryption keys stored there (subject to the usual hoops; e.g. it might need you to do a FaceID unlock first, but it's not like you aren't already doing that many times every day).