[puppypusher]

Thanks for explaining that.I wrote what I did because the way I read the Article it sounded as if law enforcement would get a judge to force the company to provide the necessary assistance to break the encryption.

Thanks again.And while I’m at it I’m going to increase the size of my password.

[Swordmaker]

Thanks again.And while I’m at it I’m going to increase the size of my password.

Use a pass phrase, something not found in a dictionary. Something like:

27Katz8aVoLv0425¢

[kevkrom]

Thanks for explaining that.I wrote what I did because the way I read the Article it sounded as if law enforcement would get a judge to force the company to provide the necessary assistance to break the encryption.

And they can. What makes it pointless is that there's two levels of encryption involved - Apple encrypts everything it sends to/from iCloud, but the content is (generally) encrypted a second time with your passcode. So, the feds can force Apple to turn over an unencrypted form of what they see, but that's still encrypted beyond their ability to decode.