It does justify why the phone itself have to do it. Actually according to graphics from internal memo it's also unclear if the hashing is happening on every ima

It does justify why the phone itself have to do it. Actually according to graphics from internal memo it's also unclear if the hashing is happening on every image on phone (even if it is not uploaded). https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-photo-scanning-concerns/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-internal-memo-icloud-ph... Why put this system on the phone unless you want to expand it in the future? Cloud encryption with Apple being able to decrypt it could not be the reason. System can be also easily changed anytime from Apple to report on offline images.