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Windows has been doing this for years. Not with this new tech, but with older methods.

• TrevorJ 5y ago
  I'm skeptical of the claim that MS has been A: scanning files on local windows machines and B: forwarding anything concerning to law enforcement. That's a fairly extraordinary claim, and I would like to see the evidence.
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  • ribosometronome 5y ago
    Microsoft hasn't been scanning files on local machines but Microsoft has been doing essentially the same thing Apple has been for years -- they pioneered it with PhotoDNA back in 2009. It's been in use with OneDrive since back when it was called SkyDrive (https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/unfortunate-truths-about-child-pornography-and-the-internet-feature/ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/unfortunate-truths-about-child...). Apple's implementation is scanning images 1) stored on iCloud or 2) in Messages if parents turn it on. The first seems pretty arbitrary -- why is it worse to scan files you're sharing with the cloud locally than in the cloud (except potential performance/battery impact, but that seems moot). If Apple brings this feature to the desktop, it seems likely they'd be using it the same way: files stored in their cloud.
    • Grazester 5y ago
      Ok but this is not Windows, Which the op stated
• Grazester 5y ago
  What are you talking about?