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0 pointsbigiain4y ago0 comments

> The post office scans your mail through various machines in transit.

That is a totally bogus comparison.

The post office 100% does NOT can the content of every piece mail they handle.

Not even close to the same scenario as Apple/governments being able to continually and silently check your phone/photo library for images on their watch list.

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stetrain4y ago

I’m pretty sure lots of mail gets x-rayed, perhaps even more looking for malicious packages or substances.

I agree that data content scanning is more invasive than physical scanning. It was an intentionally simplistic example not meant to defend Apple.

bigiainOP4y ago

Parcels, maybe. I’d bet it’s a tiny percentage though.

I doubt the entire world has enough X-ray machines to scan even a vanishingly small percentage of the envelopes the postal service delivers every day.

stetrain4y ago

Sorry my metaphor wasn’t good enough.

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0 pointsbigiain4y ago0 comments

> The post office scans your mail through various machines in transit.

That is a totally bogus comparison.

The post office 100% does NOT can the content of every piece mail they handle.

Not even close to the same scenario as Apple/governments being able to continually and silently check your phone/photo library for images on their watch list.

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stetrain4y ago

I’m pretty sure lots of mail gets x-rayed, perhaps even more looking for malicious packages or substances.

I agree that data content scanning is more invasive than physical scanning. It was an intentionally simplistic example not meant to defend Apple.

bigiainOP4y ago

Parcels, maybe. I’d bet it’s a tiny percentage though.

I doubt the entire world has enough X-ray machines to scan even a vanishingly small percentage of the envelopes the postal service delivers every day.

stetrain4y ago

Sorry my metaphor wasn’t good enough.

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