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Are you sure the photos themselves aren’t encrypted when uploading? I think only the iCloud backup has the decryption keys. Regardless, it’s way different buil
by ec109685 5y ago
Are you sure the photos themselves aren’t encrypted when uploading? I think only the iCloud backup has the decryption keys.
Regardless, it’s way different building a system that has online access to decryption keys with the requirement to scan every photo uploaded versus reserving that access to more locked down servers that have the decryption keys and are only accessed during law enforcement actions.
- sirn 5y agoYou're right, the iCloud Photo is actually encrypted on transit and on the server, but the server has the decryption key[1]. However they've been doing server-side scan for iCloud since quite some times ago[2], which is why I think this technique in the article plus End-to-End Encryption could be better for privacy than the status quo. [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 [2]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/02/11/how-apple-intercepts-and-reads-emails-when-it-finds-child-abuse/?sh=71125dc31c29 https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/02/11/how-a...