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A comment on Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competi... by rossmohax on Friday August 06, 2021 @05:51PM (#28093181)
> yet someone posessing an action movie is not considered a murderer.

I think it is more similar to drugs, possesing one doesn't mean you are consuming it, yet it is an illegal substance and production, transportation and distribution are understandably not allowed.

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Re:Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competi... by heavyset_go on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:09PM (#28094297)
Good point. There are over 80,000 drug overdose deaths a year in the US, if these systems can detect nudity and CSAM, then why not save tens of thousands of lives by detecting heroin and fentanyl dealers, too?
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