Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life

Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by philistine on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:02PM (#28080571)

I’d argue that the problem of minors declared sex offenders for nude pictures has reached a critical mass that scares me. At this point, sex offenders of truly vile things can hide by saying that they are on a sex offender registry because of underage selfies. And I think most people will believe them.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by joombaga on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:20PM (#28082580)

Am I missing something? Why would they say they're sex offenders at all?

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by cormacrelf on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:22AM (#28083299)

As I understand it, one of the primary purposes of sex offender registries is to get information out about who is on them. I believe some people are forced to knock on doors in their neighbourhood and disclose it. In other situations they would just be getting ahead of the story.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by emadabdulrahim on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:08PM (#28082868)

They wouldn't. But if they were sex offenders, they could claim that their offense was simply sending a nude when they were 16. While their real offense may have been rape.

I don't actually know what the law is in regard to sex offense. I'm simply explaining what I understood from the previous comment.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by wccrawford on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:19PM (#28080753)

I worked with someone that claimed this, years ago. And they were still young enough that I believed them.

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