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A comment on Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life. Parent comment

Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by thesimon on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:18PM (#28079991)
"Feels like a way to actually reach encrypted data all around while still meeting the expectations of lawmakers/regulators"

And isn't that a problem? Encrypted data should be secure, even if lawmakers don't want math to exist.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by Klonoar on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:23PM (#28080057)
Your data should be encrypted on Apple's servers and unreadable by them; rather, this is my desire from Apple. They are likely bound to scan and detect for this kind of abusive content.

This handles that client-side instead of server side, and if you don't use iCloud photos, it doesn't even affect you. If syncing? Sure, decrypt it on device and check it before uploading - it's going to their servers after all.

Don't want to even go near this? Don't use Message or iCloud, I guess. Very possible to use iOS/iDevices in a contained manner.

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