"Because Apple will not have the keys required to recover your data, you will be guided to set up an alternate recovery method in case you ever lose access to your account."
I would assume a physical sheet of paper containing recovery codes is a suitable alternative recovery method.
I should have looked closer at the screenshot, didn't really think it would tell me anything beneficial for an e2e system.
Thanks for pointing that out!
Honestly might not be a bad idea to have a backup somewhere else just in case. Like in the event of a fire or something have a backup sitting in a safe.
It does bring up an interesting conversation, what levels do we go to make sure we can recover accounts in situations like this? Store a USB or a paper in a safety deposit box on the other side of the country? I tend to store all of my backups for my other accounts on my iCloud Drive so... loosing access to that would be catastrophic.
"Because Apple will not have the keys required to recover your data, you will be guided to set up an alternate recovery method in case you ever lose access to your account."
I would assume a physical sheet of paper containing recovery codes is a suitable alternative recovery method.