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> Yes, you can turn off iCloud Photos to disable Apple’s scanning To me, it is such a weird implementation. The feature is about scanning on-device data, not d
by zzyzxd 5y ago
> Yes, you can turn off iCloud Photos to disable Apple’s scanning
To me, it is such a weird implementation. The feature is about scanning on-device data, not data in iCloud, but for some reason disabling iCloud is the way to opt out? Did I miss any technical details?
Apple is always pretty OK with handing over iCloud data to authorities. Not only that they have already stored Chinese users iCloud data in state controlled entity, this was their whole argument regarding the San Bernardino case -- on-device data is user's sacred privacy, but if the shooter's phone uploaded data to iCloud, they were willing to send a copy to FBI in a heartbeat.
This makes me wonder, is iCloud the underlying technical boundary for privacy?
- leokennis 5y agoThe feature is because it’s illegal for Apple to host/have/posses CSAM (in iCloud). But Apple doesn’t want to know what they host for you on iCloud. So they need to be sure that before something is uploaded to iCloud, it’s not CSAM. So if you don’t intend to upload to iCloud (i.e. you disable iCloud on your phone), then Apple doesn’t care anymore if you have CSAM or not.