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Fixed further: Chinese Government: Here is the NeuralHash for some child abuse imagery, please scan this user's phone and tell us if it's found. Apple: Sure we

Fixed further: Chinese Government: Here is the NeuralHash for some child abuse imagery, please scan this user's phone and tell us if it's found. Apple: Sure we found it. Chinese Government to some western company/instititution: We have detected unacceptable behavior from your employee/student/client/vendor. Please cancel them, or we will stop funding you.

trainsplanes 5y ago
Replace Chinese with absolutely any government and that's what'll happen. We're pretty much at a point where any hacker/leaker anywhere on earth is "found" to have committed sex crimes or have 300 gigabytes of child abuse on their computers. Eventually Disney will be getting their hands in it to detect copyrighted content and then it's all over.
- sathackr 5y ago
  Pretty sad when you trust the "bad" guys more than the "good" guys. I'm much less concerned with <random malware> on my device than I am with the governments of the world having access to it. At least the motivations of the <random malware> are generally monetary and likely don't represent a significant threat to human rights and freedom of speech.
- docmars 5y ago
  You're right, though the ability to detect copyrighted content has been around for a good while. Although with this, I think it's more likely that Disney's executives and/or employees will be charged and arrested before that happens. I mean, with this track record... 1. (Aug 2021) https://djhjmedia.com/kari/disney-workers-caught-in-child-sex-sting-where-are-bidens-feds/ https://djhjmedia.com/kari/disney-workers-caught-in-child-se... 2. (Dec 2017) https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/jon-heely-disney-music-group-child-sex-abuse-1202634502/ https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/jon-heely-disney-music-gro... 3. (June 2019) https://insidethemagic.net/2019/06/former-walt-disney-vice-sentenced/ https://insidethemagic.net/2019/06/former-walt-disney-vice-s... 4. (July 2014 / Dec 2017) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disney-employees-child-sex-charges_n_5587395 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disney-employees-child-sex-ch...
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sdoering 5y ago
Not too far from reality [1]. PhD student at Swiss University posts something critical on Twitter. Chinese intervene at his professor. Promotion gone with mildly interesting reasoning. Link to Swiss newspaper in German language. [1]: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-kostet-doktoranden-abschluss-ld.1637789 https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-...
- KarlKode 5y ago
  Here is the answer from HSG (also in German): https://www.unisg.ch/de/wissen/newsroom/aktuell/rssnews/campus/2021/august/stellungnahme-3august2021 https://www.unisg.ch/de/wissen/newsroom/aktuell/rssnews/camp...

trainsplanes 5y ago

Replace Chinese with absolutely any government and that's what'll happen. We're pretty much at a point where any hacker/leaker anywhere on earth is "found" to have committed sex crimes or have 300 gigabytes of child abuse on their computers. Eventually Disney will be getting their hands in it to detect copyrighted content and then it's all over.

sathackr 5y ago
Pretty sad when you trust the "bad" guys more than the "good" guys. I'm much less concerned with <random malware> on my device than I am with the governments of the world having access to it. At least the motivations of the <random malware> are generally monetary and likely don't represent a significant threat to human rights and freedom of speech.
docmars 5y ago
You're right, though the ability to detect copyrighted content has been around for a good while. Although with this, I think it's more likely that Disney's executives and/or employees will be charged and arrested before that happens. I mean, with this track record... 1. (Aug 2021) https://djhjmedia.com/kari/disney-workers-caught-in-child-sex-sting-where-are-bidens-feds/ https://djhjmedia.com/kari/disney-workers-caught-in-child-se... 2. (Dec 2017) https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/jon-heely-disney-music-group-child-sex-abuse-1202634502/ https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/jon-heely-disney-music-gro... 3. (June 2019) https://insidethemagic.net/2019/06/former-walt-disney-vice-sentenced/ https://insidethemagic.net/2019/06/former-walt-disney-vice-s... 4. (July 2014 / Dec 2017) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disney-employees-child-sex-charges_n_5587395 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disney-employees-child-sex-ch...
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sdoering 5y ago

Not too far from reality [1]. PhD student at Swiss University posts something critical on Twitter. Chinese intervene at his professor. Promotion gone with mildly interesting reasoning. Link to Swiss newspaper in German language. [1]: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-kostet-doktoranden-abschluss-ld.1637789 https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-...

KarlKode 5y ago
Here is the answer from HSG (also in German): https://www.unisg.ch/de/wissen/newsroom/aktuell/rssnews/campus/2021/august/stellungnahme-3august2021 https://www.unisg.ch/de/wissen/newsroom/aktuell/rssnews/camp...