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> Why is Apple doing this now? I find the answer to this question unconvincing. If we think very selfishly from the company's perspective - Apple already had
by jstx1 5y ago
> Why is Apple doing this now?
I find the answer to this question unconvincing.
If we think very selfishly from the company's perspective - Apple already had one of the most secure, private and trusted platforms. And they must have anticipated the backlash against the new feature. So I still don't get why a company like Apple would consider the marginal benefit from this to be worth the cost.
- danuker 5y agoThe benefit must be larger than publicly available information would hint. Something like the PRISM program: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-cost...
- ribit 5y agoWell, one very obvious benefits is that they gain leverage in discussing their alleged position as a monopolist. They could argue that they have implemented a sophisticated and private CSAM detection engine which is only possible if they continue to control the entire system.