Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by nbzso on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:37AM
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Exactly.
The technical implementation is trying to hide the fact that the design mojo of this system is an actual Backdoor for governments of the world to oppress, censure and do whatever they like.
The technical implementation is optimized towards minimizing the cost for Apple. That's why they scan on the device. And this decision is made with knowledge that in the near future "scanning" will be not limited only to hashes. Scanning and processing will be required for $Some_Cool_Functionality to work.
Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by eecc on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:11AM
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Like GMail?
Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by nbzso on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:40AM
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Gmail is on the Google servers. Did you pay for Gmail?
Did Gmail has access to your computer by default?
So on..
What analogy are you making?
When Gmail advertised "What is on your Gmail, stays on your Gmail"? :)
Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning'
by eecc on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:30PM
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No, no analogy. GMail scans every email and every attachment. Server side because - of course - it’s an online service. It’s main feature is analyzing and indexing so it’s a direct example of a killer feature based on content analysis. Even spam filters are.
The same slippery slope applies there.
I live in a place where the government arrests you for having a VPN installed on the phone and labels you a terrorist outright. My phone is checking with physical frisking on the roadside and content critical of state gets automatic manhandling and trip to the police station where I am treated as a criminal.
How I see this as a problem not because I am not going to buy an iPhone in future, but because such ideology would be made normal. That is what is scaring me