Re:Policy Groups Urge Apple to Abandon Building Surveillance...
by varispeed on Thursday August 19, 2021 @08:59AM
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> what is needed to have a process
The thing is, once there is a capability to search customer device without a warrant, why would you want to limit it only to CSAM? For example, this would be a great way to catch drug users, dealers (someone taking photo of using or their stash / stock), illegal weapon holders, tax evaders (someone posing with wads of cash while being poor on paper) and so on. Then you have countries with strong anti LGBT laws and they would certainly want to prosecute these groups. It's madness.
The thing is, once there is a capability to search customer device without a warrant, why would you want to limit it only to CSAM? For example, this would be a great way to catch drug users, dealers (someone taking photo of using or their stash / stock), illegal weapon holders, tax evaders (someone posing with wads of cash while being poor on paper) and so on. Then you have countries with strong anti LGBT laws and they would certainly want to prosecute these groups. It's madness.