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> My goodness, I couldn't imagine a stupider way to fight CSAM. That's the point. It satisfies the letter of the demands from the crazies, while not actually a
by randomdata 5y ago
> My goodness, I couldn't imagine a stupider way to fight CSAM.
That's the point. It satisfies the letter of the demands from the crazies, while not actually accomplishing anything, and creating discourse in the rest of the population to work towards realizing that we shouldn't be bending to the whims of the crazies at all.
- zionic 5y agoBut that doesn’t work, because the crazies will simply take this victory and move the goalposts forward. They’ll do so emboldened by your capitulation and shame you for not acquiescing earlier. The only winning move is not to play.
- randomdata 5y agoIt was becoming clear that the goalposts were going to move forward towards outlawing end-to-end encryption entirely. This provides malicious compliance to prevent worse.
- pas 5y agoNot really. Without not playing eventually any Big Tech Corp that sticks to its guns will face opposition. What Apple should do is educate people. (Of course then we have the problem with corporate propaganda.)