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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by aaomidi on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:31PM (#28080178)
What is the point of running this on device? The issue here is now Apple has built and is shipping what is essentially home-phoning malware that can EASILY be required with a court order to do something entirely than what it is designed to do.

They're opening themselves to being forced by 3 letter agencies around the world to do some really fucked up shit to their users.

Apple should never have designed something that allows for fingerprinting of files & users for stuff stored on their own device.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by Klonoar on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:41PM (#28080305)
Your entire argument could be applied to iOS itself. ;P
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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by aaomidi on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:42PM (#28080317)
Not really, iOS didn't really have the capability of scanning and reporting files based on a database received by the FBI/other agencies.

There is a big difference when this has been implemented & deployed to devices. Fighting questionable subpoenas and stuff becomes easier when you don't have the capability.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by m4rtink on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:56PM (#28082797)
Given iOS being totally proprietary on a heavily locked down device making inspecting even the binary blobs complicated, how can anyone can be sure what it is doing ? Not to mention any such capability missing now is just one upgrade away from being added with no ability for the user to inspect and reject it.
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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by aaomidi on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:24AM (#28083304)
No one is. Just that it's harder to develop tech like this without it leaking.

So apple is just outright saying it is.

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