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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by systemsignal on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:49PM (#28100434)
Is there even an asterisk?

“ Messages uses on-device machine learning to analyze image attachments and determine if a photo is sexually explicit. The feature is designed so that Apple does not get access to the messages.”

https://www.apple.com/child-safety/

Still sounds like E2E, no different from messages applying some processing/compression to sent images imo

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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by gpanders on Sunday August 08, 2021 @09:18AM (#28106468)
The asterisk I was referring to is the fact that the E2EE keys are backed up to iCloud Backups along with your messages, and those backups are not E2EE. So the encryption of iMessages is fairly easy to get around if either the sender or the recipient uses iCloud backup.
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