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Re:Apple kills plans to scan for CSAM in iCloud by s1artibartfast on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:50PM (#33904298)
There is a difference between regulations and compelled action. The government make your ability to do X conditional on you also doing Y, but it generally can't just make you do Y.

The exceptions are actually quite few outside of conscription, eminent domain sales, wartime powers.

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Re:Apple kills plans to scan for CSAM in iCloud by jrockway on Thursday December 08, 2022 @12:03AM (#33904389)
That sounds right to me. The government has tremendous powers. Forcing people to write computer programs isn't one of them. (They could have saved a lot of money on healthcare.gov if they had that power!)
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