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All other flaws asides, that the hashes are not auditables by users on their own computers is deeply wrong and undermine the trust on any algorithm as sound as
by doe88 5y ago
All other flaws asides, that the hashes are not auditables by users on their own computers is deeply wrong and undermine the trust on any algorithm as sound as it could be. Moreover, this blackbox provides Apple plausible deniability if something turns ugly, they will say, we're just the middle man, we only relay the officialy approved database, we can't vet it.
- robertoandred 5y agoThey do vet it. They manually review every flagged account before the process goes further.
- nullc 5y agoYou misunderstand the purpose of the review. Per current case law if apple automatically handed the data over rather than reviewing it themselves the reading of the report would constitute an unlawful search. A human at Apple needs to inspect it in order to quash your fourth amendment protection against a warrantless search. Apple inspecting your images destroys your privacy, the extra step of review doesn't protect your privacy -- it's there to destroy the constitutional protection of your privacy.