Re:Princeton Researchers Who Built a CSAM Scanning System Ur...
by gjsman-1000 on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:15AM
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The reason I think Apple went forward with it though is that, from their perspective, it's not like they are building a new tool for surveillance. It doesn't take many brain cells for a lawmaker to realize that they could mandate pre-screening of content.
From Apple's perspective... for authoritarian governments like China or India... they are already able to mandate it and are likely to. So they shouldn't be factored into the "CSAM Scanning could be abused!" argument because it was already happening and going to happen, whether the tool exists or not.
In which case, releasing the CSAM tool has only benefits for the abused and doesn't make a difference in preventing surveillance and privacy invasions because it was already going to occur. A cynical view but a possibility.
From Apple's perspective... for authoritarian governments like China or India... they are already able to mandate it and are likely to. So they shouldn't be factored into the "CSAM Scanning could be abused!" argument because it was already happening and going to happen, whether the tool exists or not.
In which case, releasing the CSAM tool has only benefits for the abused and doesn't make a difference in preventing surveillance and privacy invasions because it was already going to occur. A cynical view but a possibility.