> “Anti-government” is absurdly vague.

That's the point. It's not an open to the public list, it's secret and controlled by few. It can contain whatever they want it to contain.

> Not how this system works.

That's absurdly naive.

The only naiveté is self-inflicted by reading clickbait articles instead of how the system actually works. When people start worrying about Apple scanning for abstract subjects like "anti-government" they're worrying about some hypothetical system, not the one that's been built.

No, we’re worried about the precedent it sets.

Scanning for CSAM on a server was a precedent for scanning on a device. Everything is a precedent for anything.

Your entire iPhone is a black box. If you don't trust Apple, there are so many points in the chain where they could backdoor you. The fact they are out in front of this is a good thing.

Also, I'm willing to sacrifice a tiny bit of privacy to stop child porn collections.

This[1] comment explains it very well. It just cements why I moved back to Linux on my laptop, and will be moving to something running open source software on my phone, and open hardware on all my devices.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28159353