you all created a 10 message deep thread for something that not only is common knowledge, but a quick search of the only 3 keywords involved will return articles by BBC, forbes, tech venues, etc.

sigh.

I figured it would be generally known at this point, especially with the whole perceptual hash debacle (intended to satisfy LEAs despite the plan to finally enable image encryption). I'm not sure what the internal politics looked like after the perceptual hash snitch got axed - my friends who would know quit Apple by then.