Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:49PM
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"On 5 August, the company revealed new image detection software that can alert Apple if known illegal images are uploaded to its iCloud storage."
People assumed this opens the door for Apple to alerted of any known file uploaded to its iCloud storage.
IOW, they assumed Apple can check what someone is uploading,1 despite alleged "end-to-end encryption" and a gazilion promises of "privacy".
No one except the people managing the "detection software" know what files the hashes represent.
Theres no way for the owner of an Apple computer to verify what files Apple is actually checking for.
Is this confusion. It sounds more like lack of trust.
1 Mind you, for a majority of computer owners the uploading is likely occuring by default, automatically, outside of the owner's awareness. As opposed to the owner consciously deciding to upload a particular file to a computer in an Apple datacenter. Tech cmpanies know that users rarely change defaults.
People assumed this opens the door for Apple to alerted of any known file uploaded to its iCloud storage.
IOW, they assumed Apple can check what someone is uploading,1 despite alleged "end-to-end encryption" and a gazilion promises of "privacy".
No one except the people managing the "detection software" know what files the hashes represent.
Theres no way for the owner of an Apple computer to verify what files Apple is actually checking for.
Is this confusion. It sounds more like lack of trust.
1 Mind you, for a majority of computer owners the uploading is likely occuring by default, automatically, outside of the owner's awareness. As opposed to the owner consciously deciding to upload a particular file to a computer in an Apple datacenter. Tech cmpanies know that users rarely change defaults.
Remember how Apple had zero accountability:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26133-jennifer-lawren...
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/09/what-...
Ricky Gervais' advice made sense. Wonder why he deleted it.