Re:EFF Flew a Plane over Apple's Headquarters
by CivBase on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:54AM
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> I almost never see the EFF propose better ways to solve those problems.
Why does their need to be a better solution in the case of the Apple CSAM phone scanning debacle? The solution is to just not do it.
If Apple is so worried about illegal material being uploaded to iCloud, they can just modify their iCloud encryption logic to give themselves access and scan the material on their own servers when it's uploaded. They have access to the unencrypted content either way, so it's fundamentally no less private. Actually, it's more private because at least Apple wouldn't be giving themselves access to content on my private property.
Why does their need to be a better solution in the case of the Apple CSAM phone scanning debacle? The solution is to just not do it.
If Apple is so worried about illegal material being uploaded to iCloud, they can just modify their iCloud encryption logic to give themselves access and scan the material on their own servers when it's uploaded. They have access to the unencrypted content either way, so it's fundamentally no less private. Actually, it's more private because at least Apple wouldn't be giving themselves access to content on my private property.