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Respectfully you've missed what this is. This has nothing to do with data sent up to iCloud - at that point not only can those photos be checked via hash they
by dotBen 5y ago
Respectfully you've missed what this is. This has nothing to do with data sent up to iCloud - at that point not only can those photos be checked via hash they can be further reviewed if there is a positive/high degree match
The issue is that this mechanism applies to photos (/data) on the local device that wouldn't otherwise make its way up to iCloud.
- Thorrez 5y agoDo you have a source that this is being used on all photos on the device? The EFF posts says it applies to 2 cases: photos being uploaded to iCloud, and photos through iMessage if the account holder is a child and the feature hasn't been disabled. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-different-about-encryption-opens-backdoor-your-private-life https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-diff... You're right that only scanning photos uploaded to iCloud is currently pointless. But maybe Apple plans to do semi-end-to-end encryption on iCloud photos in the future, and then this feature would be useful.
- ziml77 5y agoI believe it's inaccurate to lump the iMessage and iCloud scanning together. The iMessage scanning tries to classify images as sexually explicit. The iCloud scanning tries to identify images that exist in the CSAM database, accounting for recompression and cropping.
- modeless 5y agoNo, that's what people are afraid will happen, not what's happening now. Apple has been very explicit in saying this only affects uploaded photos. For now.