Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources

Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by schaefer on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:05PM (#28162818)

I am not a Lawyer, but my understanding is:

The wording of the CSAM law is that content should be scanned when uploaded. That condition "upon upload" triggers the 3rd party doctrine.

Apple has gone above and beyond here, not the actual US gov. So, the bill of rights doesn't apply to Apple's decision to scan content on device, just before it is uploaded.

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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by nullc on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:46PM (#28163276)

There is no law that requires providers to scan users private documents, even uploaded.

However, if they do review the material and see child porn they're obligated to report it.

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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by istingray on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:57PM (#28163954)

Any chance you have a good link explaining this? I saw the parent comment earlier and wanted to add this. But I only recently learned that the US federal government cannot require or incentivize providers to scan user's private documents, so didn't want to post without clear sources.

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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by 0x426577617265 on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:22AM (#28165420)

It's covered in 18 U.S. Code § 2258A - Reporting requirements of providers

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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by stjohnswarts on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:37PM (#28163775)

Apple hasn't gone above and beyond anything here. The only way they can save face is laugh at the government and not give into their demands to set up a backdoor tool to scan every iphone user.

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