Essentially exactly why Apple didn't add CSAM scanning to the iPhone.
They start with something everyone agrees on like protecting children until they totally control your device and block whatever they want.
They start with something everyone agrees on like protecting children until they totally control your device and block whatever they want.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...
In Italy, we are pending systemic changes in work, education and health, while the government forgetful of all this is bending over backwards accommodate football clubs in finding a solution for illegal streaming of soccer matches https://www.dday.it/redazione/46954/esclusivo-come-funzioner...
They don't need to. iCloud uploads plaintext content hashes of all files even when e2ee is turned on. They know all of the users that have certain files, even if each and every one of those users is using the opt-in e2ee of iCloud.
Normal iCloud allows Apple to scan everything serverside, natch. This is 99%+ of all iCloud users today.
Do you have a source for that claim? This is interesting.
However, regular hashes (SHA256 et al.) are too strict, and these hashes are mostly useless for this use case. The don't take variance in account what CSAM did. CSAM would have detected the image with different resolutions or slight modifications.
And your Mac sends all the hashes as well, whether they are in iCloud or not.
Could you elaborate? I didn't know Macs send local file hashes to Apple even if you don't use iCloud.
Gatekeeper sends all hashes of the opened executables/files.
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/catalina-executables.htm...
Also, the anti-virus sends, like Windows Defender et. all. They all do it to expand the storage of known files.
> macOS includes built-in antivirus technology called XProtect for the signature-based detection and removal of malware
https://support.apple.com/guide/security/protecting-against-...
Winnie the Pooh memes are shared verbatim.
Make one and share it and Apple knows who received it and when, and then who received it from them later, all with e2ee turned on and no iMessage.
We don’t know for sure that they would do that.
We know they would like to, i.e.: that there are people that would like to use a precedent of CSAM scanning for their purposes and who count that the general public would not resist much.
Perhaps that lack of resistance is part of the issue.
No, they very much did that and were caught:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/12/la-liga-fin...
I'm pretty sure everyone would agree this is over the line.
If they get the chance to do it, they'll do it. 100%. Guaranteed.