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> For example, it's possible to detect political campaign posters or similar images on users' devices by extending the database.

So who controls the database?

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american nonprofits which also supply cloudflare afaik, it needs to match multiple databases

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/13/22623859/apple-icloud-pho...

China is Apple's second biggest market and an integral part of their supply chain. It will be very difficult for apple to say no when China demands this tech be sued to find thought crime.

China could always (already) demand that, I don’t see how the introduction of this tool changes that…

PS. remember that simply scanning photos server-side is MUCH easier to implement.

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