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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by roenxi on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:55AM (#28178076)
Your argument here seems to be that Apple is adopting privacy policies that can be favourably compared to Facebook, and have taken a step closer to how Facebook handles data. I don't disagree at all. That is the problem I see here.

Anyone trusting Facebook with a level of access to their life comparable to a mobile phone is foolish. There is no way I would pay money for Facebook to control my phone.

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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by strogonoff on Saturday August 14, 2021 @09:41AM (#28180534)
I only explained why I think the parent comment’s doubt about Apple’s capability to screen false positives is most likely unfounded.
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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by bradknowles on Sunday August 15, 2021 @03:57AM (#28186973)
Capability != willingness

If it costs them too much money to have too many people personally looking over every single positive hit to make sure it’s not false, then they’re not going to do it even if they technically could.

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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by strogonoff on Sunday August 15, 2021 @08:47AM (#28188353)
Yes, and I tried to summarize why I think the cost of hiring enough people for this particular job is extremely unlikely to be more than a rounding error for Apple.
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