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> Apple has over 1 billion devices. Assuming ten scans per device per day, you would reach one trillion scans in ~100 days. People like to complain about the e
by nanidin 5y ago
> Apple has over 1 billion devices. Assuming ten scans per device per day, you would reach one trillion scans in ~100 days.
People like to complain about the energy wasted mining cryptocurrencies - I wonder how this works out in terms of energy waste? How many people will be caught and arrested by this? Hundreds or thousands? Does it make economic sense for the rest of us to pay an electric tax in the name of scanning other people's phones for this? Can we claim it as a deductible against other taxes?
- FabHK 5y ago> I wonder how this works out in terms of energy waste? Cryptocurrency waste is vastly greater. It doesn't compare at all. Crypto wastes as much electricity as a whole country. This will lead to a few more people being employed by Apple to verify flagged images, that's it.
- nanidin 5y agoIn net terms, you're probably right. But at least the energy used for cryptocurrency is being used toward something that might benefit many (commerce, hoarding, what-have-you), vs against something that might result in the arrest of few. The economics I'm thinking of are along the lines of cryptocurrency energy usage per participant, vs image scanning energy per caught perpetrator. The number of caught perpetrators via this method over time will approach zero, but we'll keep using energy to enforce it forever. All this does is remove technology from the problem of child abuse, it doesn't stop child abuse.