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Re:Apple’s Mistake by Dylan16807 on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:37PM (#28124660)
They could make themselves unable to access any data and still comply with lawful orders. There's no rule that you have to preemptively design systems to make data extraction easier.

This planned system means less violation of privacy in cases where a warrant exists, and more violation of privacy where there is no warrant. That's not exactly an amazing tradeoff.

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Re:Apple’s Mistake by dpkonofa on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:34PM (#28124909)
I don’t follow. This system is exactly what you’re describing. Apple is not able to access any of your data. The most they get access to is the signature of the file (which would already be matched with known CSAM content) and a potential thumbnail of the CSAM content.
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Re:Apple’s Mistake by Dylan16807 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:45AM (#28125211)
I feel like it should be obvious that I'm describing a system where they don't add this code.

And depending on what's in the database, signatures and thumbnails can be really bad.

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