PPEcel
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Was planning on writing this thread a week ago but forgot.
Authoritarians of all stripes love backdoors. Absurd that a company as privacy-friendly as Apple decided that "WhAt ABouT tHe ChILDrEn" trumps their consumers' right to communicate without having their devices continually scanned and the material automatically reported the state.
Make no mistake, a system that scans for child sexual abuse material could easily be repurposed to scan for material that some nefarious actors consider politically sensitive.
Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans
A sustained backlash against a new system to look for child sexual abuse materials on user devices has led the company to hit pause.
www.wired.com
Authoritarians of all stripes love backdoors. Absurd that a company as privacy-friendly as Apple decided that "WhAt ABouT tHe ChILDrEn" trumps their consumers' right to communicate without having their devices continually scanned and the material automatically reported the state.
Make no mistake, a system that scans for child sexual abuse material could easily be repurposed to scan for material that some nefarious actors consider politically sensitive.