> B) They scan everything that exists on my device
No ... They scan everything that I have released to apple photos that exists on my device.
Same scan - different place.
No ... They scan everything that I have released to apple photos that exists on my device.
Same scan - different place.
But here appears to be beyond the pale such that people are saying "this far, no farther!"
Now we have clientside scanning, and actually being led by the [note the scare quotes] “pro-privacy” two ton gorilla. It’s a whole different ballgame.
Must have been absloutely nuts round here back in 2011 when they announced the particular slippery slope that is iCloud backup.
I get to select the issue and it was in response to the previous claim that 'they' are scanning everything that exists on the device right now.
A year ago this was a possible 'future development'. 10 years from now I could be living on Mars. This is all hypothetical.
Exactly. However, people don't seem to have an issue when hypothesizing that CSAM detection is good actually, because Apple might implement E2EE, despite no evidence of such intentions.
For some reason, though, people take issue when others hypothesize that CSAM detection is bad actually, because Apple might expand it further and violate users' privacy even more. And there's actually precedent for this hypothesis, given Apple's actions here and their own words[1]:
> This program is ambitious, and protecting children is an important responsibility. These efforts will evolve and expand over time.