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Yes, it's a frightening precedent. What Facebook's doing is essentially just as bad. Common carriers of communications (Facebook chat, Yahoo mail, etc.) should
by meowface 10y ago
Yes, it's a frightening precedent. What Facebook's doing is essentially just as bad. Common carriers of communications (Facebook chat, Yahoo mail, etc.) should not be scanning mail. I think I'd grant an exception for the child pornography searching that most providers already do, since it's just comparing image hashes against a specific blacklist of hash and can never reveal private information about non-applicable images or communications.
- kefka 10y agoWhy do you believe that child porn should be given a legal carve-out? Once the system to scan is in place, it matters not what's actually being scanned. And there's the fact that CP is strict statutory. Meaning, I can get your email, and send you via a remixing network, a few dozen CP images. And you're now guilty. If anything, adding in mens rea requirement would be the best choice. Or remove it as law, because it's evidence of a crime. And the FBI does it, why can't I? /anger