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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by cma on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:26PM (#28227393)
The TSA installs this scanner in your house so it can detect before you even get to the airport. They give a pinky promise they will only run it when you book your ticket and intend on going to the airport where you would be expected to be scanned anyway.

The scanner technology can also be used for detecting dissident journalism, but they say it won't be, it is just for preventing terrorism, but still they say, they really need to install it in your house even though it is only for scanning when you intend on going to the airport.

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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by bsql on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:57PM (#28227674)
> The scanner technology can also be used for detecting dissident journalism, but they say it won't be, it is just for preventing terrorism

This has always been possible with server side scanning. Yeah we have to trust Apple to not enable it for users who don’t use iCloud photos but we’ve always had to trust Apple given their closed source system.

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