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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by zepto on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:00PM (#28215366)
> Apple can search for arbitrary information on user’s property.

This is simply false, if you are referring to the CSAM mechanism.

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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by aborsy on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:06PM (#28215398)
Which part is false?

They state they begin with image data (with a data set they control). In the future, they “can” evolve the scope to anything.

Read the EFF articles. They are well written.

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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by zepto on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:11PM (#28216268)
> In the future, they “can” evolve the scope to anything.

So, they can’t now then.

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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by robertoandred on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:03PM (#28216219)
The EFF’s articles were full of lies and false assumptions.
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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by josephcsible on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:05PM (#28215395)
What do you think is stopping Apple from including a hash of Tank Man along with all of the real CSAM hashes?
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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by sharken on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:35PM (#28215575)
I guess it is a rhetorical question, but this is what will happen next if Apple doesn't halt this scanning initiative.

Too big to listen seems to be what Apple thinks of this matter.

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Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones by zepto on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:12PM (#28216282)
The fact you can only use ‘tank man’ as the example proves that they can’t search for arbitrary information.

It’s a meaningless example in any case given that Chinese authorities have no problem forcing people to install spyware directly on their devices.

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