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This is really a difficult problem to solve I think. However, I think most people who are prosecuted for CP distribution are hoarding it by the terabyte. It’s h
by toxik 5y ago
This is really a difficult problem to solve I think. However, I think most people who are prosecuted for CP distribution are hoarding it by the terabyte. It’s hard to claim that you were unaware of that. A couple of gigabytes though? Plausible. And that’s what this CSAM scanner thing is going to find on phones.
- emodendroket 5y agoA couple gigabytes is a lot of photos... and they'd all be showing up in your camera roll. Maybe possible but stretching the bounds of plausibility.
- danachow 5y agoA couple gigabytes is enough to ruin someone’s day but not a lot to surreptitiously transfer, it’s literally seconds. Just backdate them and they may very well go unnoticed.
- tornato7 5y agoIt's also possible to 'hide' photos from the reel in the photos app. Many people are unaware of that feature so an attacker could hide as many photos they want in your iCloud.
- imwillofficial 5y agoAssmuning they have access
- pixl97 5y agoWith the number of security flaws that exist these days we should assume someone always has access that is not intended.
- l33t2328 5y agoHow do you do that?
- runlevel1 5y agoGigs of software updates and podcast episodes are regularly downloaded to phones without being noticed. How frequently do most people look at their camera roll? I'd be surprised if it's more than a few times a week on average. Does an attacker even need access to the phone? If iCloud is syncing your photos, your phone will eventually see all your pictures. Unless I've misunderstood how this works, the attacker only needs access to your iCloud account.
- kelnos 5y ago> I'd be surprised if it's more than a few times a week on average. For me it's probably 5-7 times per day, but I also take a lot of photos. I think a few times a week is probably low-balling it, even for an average.
- Mirioron 5y agoI see my camera reel about once every few months. If I'm not taking a picture I don't see the reel.
- giantrobot 5y agoThe camera roll's defaults display images chronologically based on the image's timestamp. I've got thousands of photos on my phone going back years. If you hack my phone and plant some photos with a sufficiently old timestamp I'd never notice them. I can't imagine my situation is all that uncommon either.
- MinusGix 5y agoAs others have said, people have a lot of photos. It wouldn't be too hard to hide them a bit from obvious view. As well, I rarely look at my gallery unless I need to. I just add a few photos occasionally. So maybe once every two weeks I look at my gallery, plenty of time to initiate that.
- 0x426577617265 5y agoWhy would they hoard it in the camera/iPhotos app? I assume that storage is mostly pictures taken with the device. Wouldn't this be the least likely place to find a hoard of known images?