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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by alwillis on Friday August 13, 2021 @01:32AM (#28165768)
If Apple must scan my photos, I'd rather they do it on their servers.

Scanning on their servers is much less privacy preserving for users but don't fret, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. already scan stored photos.

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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by lifty on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:25AM (#28167657)
Not necessarily. The scanning implementation can be similar to what they plan on doing on your device. I don't want them to do the scanning on my phone. If shit hits the fan and I become a dissident, I would prefer to have the option to stop using iCloud, Dropbox or any other service that might enable my government or the secret police to suppress me.
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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by zekrioca on Sunday August 15, 2021 @02:26AM (#28186642)
One can encrypt a picture before uploading it to the aforementioned services, and as such nothing would really happen. That’s not a possibility on pictures taken on iPhones that get uploaded to iCloud.
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