Longbets 10 years $10,000 we see this used by Apple (or a government agency) in a way that deviates from your attestation?
I'll eat my hat if this system doesn't hurt someone innocent.
I will happily take that bet.
Because if a government agency is involved they will be doing so server-side instead of client-side.
Haha, okay! Let's look back at this thread in ten years.
I hope you're right, but I don't think you will be.
> I'll eat my hat
One of these yummy nacho hats? https://www.google.com/search?q=nacho+hats&tbm=isch
This is the EXACT SAME database EVERY cloud provider has been using for about a decade. Look up Microsoft PhotoDNA.
The only difference is that the company doing it was Apple, who wanted to do the checks on-device BEFORE upload. And with multiple redundancies and human review.
Not like Microsoft, who have - for example - shut down the MS account of a German man for having photos of his own children on a beach. No human review, no way to complain. Everything gone from Outlook mail to Xbox account.
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