Re:Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning
by jchw on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:44PM
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> As opposed to Google...
Bad start. I never mentioned Google.
> ... [the remainder of the message] ...
I do not understand how this is meant to weaken the case against what Apple did at all. If anything, it strengthens my resolve that tech companies should not be at liberty to even make these decisions.
Re:Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning
by GeekyBear on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:33PM
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I do not understand how anyone can go on a rant about a system Apple discussed but never implemented while trying to handwave away the fact that Google is scanning everyone's device and turning in parents to the police over a single false positive.
As opposed to Google trying to have parents arrested for seeking medical care for their children during the pandemic lockdown?
> His wife called an advice nurse at their health care provider to schedule an emergency consultation for the next morning, by video because it was a Saturday and there was a pandemic going on. The nurse said to send photos so the doctor could review them in advance. With help from the photos, the doctor diagnosed the issue and prescribed antibiotics, which quickly cleared it up.
Because technology companies routinely capture so much data, they have been pressured to act as sentinels, examining what passes through their servers to detect and prevent criminal behavior. Child advocates say the companies’ cooperation is essential to combat the rampant online spread of sexual abuse imagery. But it can entail peering into private archives, such as digital photo albums — an intrusion users may not expect — that has cast innocent behavior in a sinister light in at least two cases The Times has unearthed.
“I knew that these companies were watching and that privacy is not what we would hope it to be,” Mark said. “But I haven’t done anything wrong.”
The police agreed. Google did not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...
That's not just scanning things you upload to a public facing website, that's scanning everything on the device.