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Re:Saying goodbye to an old friend by quitit on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:57AM (#29660988)
Generating a encrypted voucher based on a known CSAM image is not spying anymore than the device cataloguing images by descriptions.

For a technical forum the lack of willingness of individuals to read into the system is perplexing. So far most of the arguments I've read are entirely based on creating a strawman then beating that to death.

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Re:Saying goodbye to an old friend by BostonEnginerd on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:10AM (#29661069)
Is there anything which prevents non-CSAM images from being added into this catalogue? As I understand it, the only thing stopping that is a promise from Apple - which can be steamrolled by a government request.
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Re:Saying goodbye to an old friend by ziddoap on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:48AM (#29662316)
>For a technical forum the lack of willingness of individuals to read into the system is perplexing.

Admittedly, I may have missed it... But can you point out to me where this system cannot be expanded to non-CSAM material?

As a totally wild example, is this technology restricted, in some technical manner, from scanning for images which display a certain political leader as Winnie the Pooh?

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Re:Saying goodbye to an old friend by MrQuincle on Thursday December 23, 2021 @10:21AM (#29662638)
What can happen:

+ Approximate matching. They might want to have images almost similar also to be flagged. + Scope creep. Particular images of people who are wanted or areas where they might live or shots of joints etc. + Mistakes. Accidentally flagging honest citizens and the bureaucracy that will follow. "Innocent until proven guilty..." That's not preemptively scanning someone's personal devices.

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