As a followup, to be clear on the intentions in my post, while I do think that a lot of the reactions have been over the top (there are numerous comments claimi

As a followup, to be clear on the intentions in my post, while I do think that a lot of the reactions have been over the top (there are numerous comments claiming outright falseshoods about this system, out of either ignorance or to prejudice), that Apple decided to do the CSAM stuff on device is incredibly ill considered. Do it in the cloud just like every other service does. None of this anger would have happened if they just kept it in the cloud, and I truly can not fathom how this made it this far. I would peg overwhelming odds that they abandon the on device idea as it makes no sense and has brought incredible ill will.