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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by heavyset_go on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:03PM (#28227112)
No, that happens on Google's servers and isn't an agent in my pocket that runs on and invades my personal property. It's also only for videos.
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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by bobthepanda on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:06PM (#28227160)
The images being scanned are the ones that go to iCloud.

The Google page has a section later down that also says they use hashing of images.

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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by GeekyBear on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:10PM (#28227221)
When the scan is carried out on device, Apple can't read the results of the scan until the 30 image threshold is reached.

When Google scans on server, a single false positive result can be abused by anyone who can get a warrant.

>Innocent man, 23, sues Arizona police for $1.5million after being arrested for murder and jailed for six days when Google's GPS tracker wrongly placed him at the scene of the 2018 crime

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7897319/Police-arre...

Apple's method is more private.

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