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The FT article mentioned it was US only, but I'm more afraid of how other governments will try to pressure Apple to adapt said technology to their needs. Can t
by cwizou 5y ago
The FT article mentioned it was US only, but I'm more afraid of how other governments will try to pressure Apple to adapt said technology to their needs.
Can they trust random government to give them a database of only CSAM hashes and not insert some extra politically motivated content that they deem illegal ?
Because once you've launched this feature in the "land of the free", other countries will require for their own needs their own implementation and demand (through local legislation which Apple will need to abide to) to control said database.
And how long until they also scan browser history for the same purpose ? Why stop at pictures ? This is opening a very dangerous door that many here will be uncomfortable with.
Scanning on their premises (considering they can as far as we know ?) would be a much better choice, this is everything but (as the "paper" linked tries to say) privacy forward.
- aalam 5y agoThe initial rollout is limited to the US, with no concrete plans reported yet on expansion. “The scheme will initially roll out only in the US. […] Apple’s neuralMatch algorithm will continuously scan photos that are stored on a US user’s iPhone and have also been uploaded to its iCloud back-up system.” Researchers interviewed for the article would agree with your analysis. “Security researchers [note: appears to be the named security professors quoted later in the article], while supportive of efforts to combat child abuse, are concerned that Apple risks enabling governments around the world to seek access to their citizens’ personal data, potentially far beyond its original intent.” Article link for ease of access: https://www.ft.com/content/14440f81-d405-452f-97e2-a81458f5411f https://www.ft.com/content/14440f81-d405-452f-97e2-a81458f54...
- cwizou 5y agoThanks, after some fiddling I managed to finally read the full text from the article and it's definitely short on details on the rollout. Let's hope they rethink this. I'm also fairly concerned about the neural part behind the name, which I hope is just (incredibly poor) marketing around the perceptive hash thing.