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Re:Huawei phones automatically deleting videos of the protests by briffle on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:11PM (#33805972)
> What worries me is that the US itself will go in the same direction. Like how a year ago, Apple was going to enable 'client side' CSAM scanning of your devices photos, etc, until enough people got really mad that they put it on a hold?

Wonder what pretext that one is going to slip back in again as.

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Re:Huawei phones automatically deleting videos of the protests by LorenPechtel on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:42PM (#33808177)
I figure that was just cover for complying with some government mandate about deleting unacceptable material--I suspect China. They knew they couldn't hide it forever so they came up with a cover story instead.
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