Is iCloud Encryption Optional?

The centerpiece of Apple's new advanced iCloud data security system is that backups and your iCloud photo library are now can be if you opt in end to end encrypted. I'm glad that the option is not enabled by default because you have to go in there and say I am going to accept responsibility for my own data loss. The FBI wanted Apple to create a one off version of iOS which would allow them to circumvent the enter the device passcode to unlock the encrypted contents that are stored on the on the phone. They stood their ground and made the argument in his as plain a language as they could without confrontation with the United States Department of Justice but they also weren't going to compromise on doing what