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Re:The Problem with Perceptual Hashes by Renaud on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:24AM (#28095964)
No-one was suggesting that China was behind this move.

We're talking about China taking advantage of this integrated technology to increase control over its population through backdoors like these.

China already imposes that all data from Chinese users be located in China and readily accessible and mined by the authorities[1].

Apple is willing to bow to these regimes because it has substantial supply-chain interests there and it sells hundred of millions of devices. A boon to both Apple and the local government.

[1]:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce...

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Re:The Problem with Perceptual Hashes by CRConrad on Saturday August 07, 2021 @12:43PM (#28099921)
> We're talking about China taking advantage of this integrated technology to increase control over its population through backdoors like these. ... A boon to both Apple and the local government.

But still: Secondary. The main effect of even mentioning it is to deflect attention away from Apple.

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