> it's private files

Exactly, which for some people contains content that you could blackmail them with.

> pictures I took with the phone's camera

I'm glad you don't take nude selfies, or cheat on your spouse through SMS, etc; but others do, and that potentially makes them susceptible to blackmail.

What if, instead of money, the blackmailers asked Jeff Bezos for access to some AWS servers. He most likely is not the only CEO that took nude selfies and can grant access to sensitive areas. What if, it was pictures/information from before someone knew any better, had access, or were famous.

You mean like that time when the NSA got Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer, to bypass multiple legally-mandated data access controls and deploy an email scanner over the objections of senior leadership?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-nsa-exclusive-idUSK...

I'm glad you're not blackmailable. Many people are. It's a national security threat for people with secrets to have those secrets compromised by a foreign power. E.g. it's discovered that someone working with classified information is having an affair. Big vulnerability there if a foreign government happens to have access to what goes on with a dating app.