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justinplouffe | 4 years ago

The CSAM scanning is still troubling because it implies your own device is running software against your own self-interest. If Apple wanted to get out of legal trouble by not hosting illegal content but still make sure iOS is working in the best legal interest of the phone's user, they'd prevent the upload of the tagged pictures and notify that they refuse to host these particular files. Right now, it seems like the phone will actively be snitching on its owner. I somehow don't have the same problem with them running the scan on their servers since it's machines they own but having the owner's own property work against them sets a bad precedent.

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tommymachine|4 years ago

And it’s a bat shit stupid business move

walterbell|4 years ago

Yes, what happens if many people refuse to upgrade to iOS 15 where this will be implemented? Will Apple have to issue security updates for iOS 14?

pcdoodle|4 years ago

I know, I was going to upgrade my 2016 SE to a 12 Mini. Now I'm not interested at all.