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> The whole point of the updated system is that they don't have your decryption key.

It's a nice thought.[1]

> While Apple does not have the crypto keys that can unlock the data on iOS 8 devices, they do have access to your iCloud backup data. Apple encrypts your iCloud data in storage, but they encrypt it with their own key, not with your passcode key, which means that they are able to decrypt it to comply with government requests.

[1] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/




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