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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by tshaddox on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:22PM (#28229991)
> And since Apple certainly has the capability, they are likely one secret court order away from being required to scan even photos that aren't being uploaded, at least on some targeted subset of devices.

Apple has the ability to upload literally any software to iPhones, so this argument applies equally to literally any conceivable bad thing that software could do on iPhones.

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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by GeekyBear on Thursday August 19, 2021 @10:03AM (#28233951)
As well as any conceivable bad thing that Google could be ordered to add to Android.
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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by tshaddox on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:57PM (#28237826)
Or Google with Chrome (way more reach than Android), or Microsoft with Windows, etc. This is why I reject slippery slope arguments for software updates to auto-updating platforms. They already have the ability to ship literally any conceivable software to millions of people, so the "slippery slope" already exists trivially for the evilest software you can imagine.
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