&gt; When someone passes away, for example, it would be a terrible compounding tragedy if all their photos from their whole life passed away along with them, because they didn&#x27;t tell anyone their password or where they kept the backup key. So Apple wants and needs to provide an alternative way to recover the account. (For example, they will provide access to a deceased person&#x27;s account if their spouse can obtain a court order proving the death and relationship.)<p>A pretty interesting point.<p>Photos are probably good to recover... unless they were photos of something horrible you did (beat up someone, sent photos of your anatomy, etc.).<p>What about text messages?  Again, it could express what kind of person you are. Do all iOS users have unwitting diaries that will be unlocked at our death in the form of our iMessage and SMS history?<p>In 400 years, will our ancestors point out, &quot;Wow, great-great-great-grandma was pretty awful, did you see this text they sent once?&quot; in a way that removes context from the message written at the time.  This is something we can&#x27;t know about our ancestors... and probably for the best, since otherwise we might be disappointed in our ancestors.<p>Or maybe that&#x27;s an okay thing?