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Appeasing the authoritarians never works. On the contrary, it sets a precedent that is used to make more demands. The ability to scan for transformation-resist
by fmajid 5y ago
Appeasing the authoritarians never works. On the contrary, it sets a precedent that is used to make more demands.
The ability to scan for transformation-resistant image fingerprints will be used to identify whistleblowers who disclosed documents that embarrass the powers-that be (think Chelsea Manning, Reality Winner or the Panama Papers). It’s a matter of when, not if.
- simondotau 5y agoThis isn't to appease the authoritarians, it's to diminish the argument which elected authoritarians use to get their electorate to manufacture consent for their authoritarian ideas. What Apple has done isn't a slip on the slippery slope. There's only one greased up slide in the playground and that's the presence of closed source software which auto-updates. As long as you are willing to accept closed source software which can update itself, the slope is slippery. This very public announcement by Apple doesn't change the angle of the slide, because the risk of someone sneaking in "bad" fingerprinting wasn't any less last year.