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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by mightybyte on Thursday August 19, 2021 @07:08AM (#28232418)
One is matching a face--yes, concerning, and I don't like it but IMO Google has had a much worse privacy reputation for quite some time--and the other is reporting private data to law enforcement and potentially abusive parents. It's quite a bit different.

The difference can also be seen from a customer service perspective. One is a feature that lets you sort according to which friends you were with. The other is a feature that puts you in jail. No thanks. Not gonna pay money for that.

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Re:Apple defends anti-child abuse imagery tech after claims ... by onethought on Thursday August 19, 2021 @10:05AM (#28233974)
No it reports you to Apple, Apple report you to police. Exactly like google, they will also report you to the police, just they search your library unencrypted.

Literally no difference.

If you have illegal stuff only on your phone neither google or Apple will be notified or notify anyone else.

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