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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:37PM (#28080962)
> the Photos app will hash images and compare to the list in the database. If it matches then presumably they do something about that. The database is only a list of KNOWN child abuse images circulating.

This seems fine as it's (a) being done on iCloud-uploaded photos and (b) replacing a server-side function with a client-side one. If Apple were doing this to locally-stored photos on iCloud-disconnected devices, it would be nuts. Once the tool is built, expanding the database to include any number of other hashes is a much shorter leap than compelling Apple to build the tool.

> it seems easy enough to clear that one up

Would it be? One would be starting from the point of a documented suspicion of possession of child pornography.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by tekknik on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:51PM (#28083145)
> Would it be? One would be starting from the point of a documented suspicion of possession of child pornography.

Ive actually witnessed someone go through this from someone else getting caught with these types of images and attempting to bring others with him. It’s not easy. It took him over a year of his life calling constantly asking when the charges will be dropped. They even image your devices on the spot yet still take them and stuff them in an evidence locker until everything is cleared up. You’re essentially an outcast to society while this is pending as well as most people assume if you have police interest related to child pornography you must be guilty.

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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by selykg on Thursday August 05, 2021 @07:35PM (#28081449)
Okay. Keep going with the scare tactics. Clearly you missed the real point of you being incredibly hyperbolic

I’d be happier if Apple wasn’t doing this at all. I’m not defending them necessarily but I am calling bullshit on your scare tactics. It’s not necessary.

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