Re:ImageNet contains naturally occurring Apple NeuralHash co...
by theluketaylor on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:15PM
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The contortions apple is going through to scan locally only really make sense if they are gearing up to do end to end encryption of iCloud photos. I imagine they have other prerequisites before they are ready to announce that as a feature, but if they are not planning to encrypt more why wouldn’t they just scan in the cloud?
Not they haven't. The files are still uploaded to Apple's servers where Apple holds their encryption keys. Apple or the FBI could scan the photos for CSAM whenever they want to.