Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by JohnFen on Friday August 13, 2021 @09:53PM
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> But apples perspective is that on-device scanning prevents them from looking at your photos in the cloud at all.
In terms of the privacy intrusion, what difference does it make whether the images are scanned on your device or on their servers? They're getting scanned just the same either way.
But if they did it on their servers, it would provide a technical impediment to expanding beyond the use of iCloud, and remove the need to trust Apple as much. That seems like it would be much better for users while still allowing the functionality they claim to be seeking.
In terms of the privacy intrusion, what difference does it make whether the images are scanned on your device or on their servers? They're getting scanned just the same either way.
But if they did it on their servers, it would provide a technical impediment to expanding beyond the use of iCloud, and remove the need to trust Apple as much. That seems like it would be much better for users while still allowing the functionality they claim to be seeking.