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0 pointspshirshov4y ago0 comments

> if someone has that level of access to your phone, they could upload real CP and maybe even upload it to your Facebook for good measure.

Many messengers, including Whatsapp, save all the incoming pics into camera roll by default.

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merrywhether4y ago· 2 in thread

And if you have iCloud Photos turned on, those images are already being uploaded and then CSAM-scanned on Apple’s servers. The chain is just being configured differently, but this risk is already active.

pshirshovOP4y ago

The actual problem is not CSAM scanning.

The actual problem is that they've created a great surveillance tool which will inevitably get broader capabilities and they are normalising client-side data scanning (we need to eradicate terrorism, now we need to eradicate human trafficking, and now we need to eradicate tax evasion, oh, we forgot about gay russians, hmm, what about Winnie memes?).

gjsman-10004y ago

But this was already true. There is no reason the governments couldn't have required this tool to be built at anytime all along. Remember EARN IT where Senators said figure something out (like this CSAM tool) or they'll do it for Apple? The EU is similar, with upcoming draft legislation saying they have to do it if they don't figure something (like this) out.

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