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Funny how Apple has the power to actually do that, makes you wonder what data they potentially could grab off your device?
They must have some sort of master key that can unlock your device, but there are forensic companies that claim to have special tools that can actually get data off these things even with all their encryption/security.

  Do you really want to actually know what they look at  ?? Sometimes its better you dont.

Recovery -- Forensic Data recovery professional have all the "toys" comes back to what I mentioned before $$$ and how important the data actually is.

One company that called me,  told them the drive in a server was failing and they needed to back it up and replace the drive NOW!!  Not later today, not tomorrow NOW!!. I even offered to do it on the spot -- They said they would back up right away, and call  asap to change the drive,  well about a week later panic call Drive died -- Asked for the backup-  errrr didn't get around to it. ( surprise surprise)

The boss had a sh*t fit when he found it was going to cost over 1K to get everything back, the drive was actually sent to the home base in Aussie, took around 5 weeks but they got 95%  back.

Agree, big tech probably has access to all your data.
I all too often see people loose their data on a regular basis, either people rely on unreliable backup drives and just assume the software is backing up automatically when it isint.
I try and get people on the cloud as its the most hassle free way I find, however very few seem to take advice regarding backups.
I have had mixed success with data recovery companies, depends on the drive fault most of the time and also how much money the customer is prepared to fork out.
The most common question i get asked when there is any computer fault is "will you be able to keep all my stuff?"
its a facepalm at this point. I just say, well as long as your drive is OK, you should be good, what about your backup?