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Re:Apple’s Mistake by danudey on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:28PM (#28120399)
I think what you mean is that you don't control the iCloud Photos client, Apple does. Your photos are scanned by the iCloud Photos "client" (which is built into the OS) before uploading them to the cloud.

Would it be any different if Dropbox was scanning files before it uploaded them rather than afterwards? It already computes hashes of your files on your device so that it doesn't have to re-upload existing content, so I honestly don't understand the objection to doing image scanning on your device before uploading your content.

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Re:Apple’s Mistake by jdiez17 on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:00PM (#28120851)
The point is that if the capability for "the iCloud Photos client" to scan your photos before uploading them to the cloud exists, it's only Apple's policy that stops it from scanning all of your photos.
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Re:Apple’s Mistake by tpush on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:42PM (#28121421)
That capability obviously already exists independent from this CSAM-scanning system.
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Re:Apple’s Mistake by mixmastamyk on Monday August 09, 2021 @05:54PM (#28122792)
Yes, they were already doing facial recognition of my photos, which I didn’t ask for and can’t turn off.
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Re:Apple’s Mistake by Osiris on Monday August 09, 2021 @03:10PM (#28120995)
You can uninstall Dropbox. You cannot uninstall Photos.
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