You can literally read any thread on HN or Reddit to see this is the case. Thousands of comments about facial recognition and AI, completely misunderstanding how it works. The EFF article itself was FUD.
The EFF article starts right off claiming a backdoor, which is completely incorrect. Taking hashes of client-side content is not a backdoor, and the EFF should be embarrassed for not understanding that.
Correct, Apple can access unencrypted files stored on your device.
> That's why the eff was calling it a backdoor
Accessing unencrypted files on a device is not a backdoor
> actively reporting any suspicious looking files to the authority all the time on its own
Yep, that's a problem. Not a backdoor, though.
I don't like FUD driving discussions. I think we need to have serious discussions about this technology. I think people that don't understand it shouldn't participate....
It's not breaking it, but it is rendering it moot. Why even bother with E2E encryption if you can't trust your endpoint? Would upgrading your exterior door's security protect you from theft if it's your roommate who's stealing from you?
> No one is locking people up for political photos.
Authoritarian dictatorships like China are, and they'd love to use this tool to help them with that.
In what weird universe is this even remotely true?