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Re:Apple has surpassed Facebook and Google in violating user... by Grustaf on Thursday August 26, 2021 @06:27PM (#28321816)
Not an inch. Since most people trust Facebook with their photos and google with all their emails, both of them mining your personal data for ads, obviously they will not mind Apple scanning their photos to prevent horrific crimes.
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Re:Apple has surpassed Facebook and Google in violating user... by b215826 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:46PM (#28322501)
> obviously they will not mind Apple scanning their photos to prevent horrific crimes

But Apple scanning all phones for CSAM makes it look like you're guilty unless proven otherwise. It's not even about preventing crimes -- Apple will only flag your device if it has a photo from the CSAM database. In that sense, the most horrific part of the crime, i.e., the abuse of a child, has happened already.

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Re:Apple has surpassed Facebook and Google in violating user... by Grustaf on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:47AM (#28324676)
All the other major services already scan your photos with similar algorithms, the only difference is that apple is trying to do it in a much more robust and privacy preserving way.
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