In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Photo scanning features

Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by rdedev on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:13AM (#28095909)

This client side scanning of local files can be easily extended to scan the whole device. That's why the eff was calling it a backdoor. All it takes is for the right govt to put the right preassure on apple. In a way it's kinda worse than a backdoor since your phone is actively reporting any suspicious looking files to the authority all the time on its own. The govt dosent need to actively look for it. Just add the appropriate has of what it wants discovered to the db and wait

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by midev on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:16AM (#28095921)

> This client side scanning of local files can be easily extended to scan the whole device

Correct, Apple can access unencrypted files stored on your device.

> That's why the eff was calling it a backdoor

Accessing unencrypted files on a device is not a backdoor

> actively reporting any suspicious looking files to the authority all the time on its own

Yep, that's a problem. Not a backdoor, though.

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by rblatz on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:43AM (#28096044)

What is your deal. You are out here arguing in bad faith all over this thread. What is your motivation?

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by midev on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:49AM (#28096071)

What's the bad faith? What's single thing have I said that is incorrect? It's not breaking E2E encryption. No one is locking people up for political photos. It's not using facial recongition.

I don't like FUD driving discussions. I think we need to have serious discussions about this technology. I think people that don't understand it shouldn't participate....

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by josephcsible on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:23AM (#28096247)

> It's not breaking E2E encryption.

It's not breaking it, but it is rendering it moot. Why even bother with E2E encryption if you can't trust your endpoint? Would upgrading your exterior door's security protect you from theft if it's your roommate who's stealing from you?

> No one is locking people up for political photos.

Authoritarian dictatorships like China are, and they'd love to use this tool to help them with that.

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by ratww on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:53AM (#28097289)

You have repeatedly misrepresented other people's viewpoints in order to win this argument. Maybe you have completely misunderstood what the discussion is about, but since you're doing it repeatedly and have been called on it multiple times, it is fair for others to assume bad faith.

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by pmlnr on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:34AM (#28096600)

Breaking encryption is not a "requirement" of a backdoor.

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by feanaro on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:48AM (#28096371)

> Accessing unencrypted files on a device is not a backdoor

In what weird universe is this even remotely true?

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