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> If this is the case there is zero reason to scan locally and you can just scan the uploaded image once it is on the server.

You’re having a house party. Because of the pandemic, you’d rather people who have COVID not attend. You can’t trust everyone to get vaccinated or get tested beforehand. So, you decided to set up a rapid-test system, just to be sure.

Would you rather test in your kitchen or your driveway?

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Why the contagion analogy?

If contagion wasn't a factor, I'd rather test in the kitchen, it's cozier.

Are you suggesting CSAM will infect more unwilling victims if it gets into a private iCloud account?

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CSAM on the server means the server is tainted and likely to be searched by governments. Good plan to keep it off eliminates that excuse.