Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by smnrchrds on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:32PM
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So they understand that their system is very susceptible to false positives, but they are saying their clients shouldn't worry because the black box hash gets compared with a black box inauditable threshold, both of which solely determined by Apple. I don't think the reaction was due to any confusion. People understood what Apple was trying to do and realized how much it sucked from a technical perspective.
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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by slg on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:17PM
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Where did "very susceptible to false positives" come from? If the odds of a collision are one in a million that is troublesome if they only need one match. If they ignore anyone that has less than 3 matches, we don't really have to worry about false positives. People who have CSAM generally don't have only 1 or 2 images.