Re:Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance a...
by GeekyBear on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:09PM
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> I'm projecting on how the terms and conditions of this client-side behavior can and almost certainly will change
The same gloom and doom imaginary projections can be made about what Google might do to Android in the future, and are just as accurate.
For instance, discovery from one of the antitrust suits shows that Google pressured device makers to hide Android privacy settings.
From this, I can project that Google will be completely removing privacy options in their entire ecosystem.
There are two upcoming changes from Apple that are often conflated. First, indiscriminate server-side scanning of photos in iCloud against a non-public source database. Second, client-side scanning of messages for child accounts looking for nudity.
Again, client-side scanning is part of the changes that Apple is implementing and I'm projecting on how the terms and conditions of this client-side behavior can and almost certainly will change over the coming years and iOS versions. It's a slow yet accelerating descent to hell.