Re:iPhone = Privacy?
by dns_snek on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:23PM
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> We're happy with this but not happy with the other?
One carries the risk of not finding a photo you're looking for.
The other carries the risk of a possibly life-ruining criminal investigations being opened against you.
This is a new surveillance vector that explicitly gives your phone the required functionality to report any flagged content on your device directly to the authorities, something that is clearly a slippery slope with questionable effectiveness at best. I'm not sure how you can compare it to strictly local face recognition AI.
One carries the risk of not finding a photo you're looking for.
The other carries the risk of a possibly life-ruining criminal investigations being opened against you.
This is a new surveillance vector that explicitly gives your phone the required functionality to report any flagged content on your device directly to the authorities, something that is clearly a slippery slope with questionable effectiveness at best. I'm not sure how you can compare it to strictly local face recognition AI.