[tannerwj]

"the screeching voices of the minority" is how they refer to those who value privacy...

[hemloc_io]

That's entire memo sounds completely tone deaf and delusional.

It's shocking to me that they don't even acklowege the critisms and fully ignore them. It would be one thing if they said that the potential implications are worth it, but they don't even acklowege them.

[dylan604]

Why is it shocking at this point? It's Apple and Apple will be Apple. Leopard can't change its spots.

[userbinator]

At least she didn't call them pedophiles...

...which is ultimately what they are going to try to do: label those who oppose this feature as being supporters of child abuse. It's a classic "if you're not with us, you're against us" argument.

[jjice]

Pedophelia and terrorism are the greatest strawmen of our time

[bitexploder]

They really did write that. And fall back to “think about the children”. I know the word dystopian gets overused, but it really fits here. Wow.

[Jtsummers]

If by "They" you mean Apple, then they did not. As noted by jsnell, and properly attributed in the linked article, it was written by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

[jsnell]

Technically that description was from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, not from anyone at Apple.

[pseudalopex]

The Apple VP did say the NCMEC note was incredibly motivating though. And he could have distanced himself from that part. Or told the NCMEC director he'd love to share her note with the staff if she removed the disrespect.