>This ensures you can recover your Messages if you lose access to iCloud Keychain and your trusted devices.
This seems crazy to me. I understand that the problem of losing your key is a troublesome one, but this seems analogous to storing important information in a safe then taping the key to the safe so you're never in a position where you can't open it.
If the FBI thinks it's a great idea that should be reason number one not to do it, at least when it comes to data security.
I find it's more like giving the key to someone to take care of in case you loose your copy. If you trust that person to store it securely and not to abuse the power they now have it's fine.
It's then a question of if you trust apple to be this "someone". If you don't trust them, then you should probably question if you trust the system at all given most of it cannot be audited.
This seems crazy to me. I understand that the problem of losing your key is a troublesome one, but this seems analogous to storing important information in a safe then taping the key to the safe so you're never in a position where you can't open it.
If the FBI thinks it's a great idea that should be reason number one not to do it, at least when it comes to data security.