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Question: Would Apple report CSAM matches worldwide to one specific US NGO? That's a bit weird, but ok. Presumably they know which national government agencies
by FabHK 5y ago
Question:
Would Apple report CSAM matches worldwide to one specific US NGO? That's a bit weird, but ok. Presumably they know which national government agencies to contact.
Opinion:
If Apple can make it so that
a) the list of CSAM hashes is globally the same, independent of the region (ideally verifiably so!), and
b) all the reports go only to that specific US NGO (which presumably doesn't care about pictures of Winnie the Pooh or adult gay sex or dissident pamphlets)
then a lot of potential for political abuse vanishes.
- trynumber9 5y agoApple said they're only enabling it in the US for now.
- tylerhou 5y agoNCMEC is not exactly a normal NGO; it was opened with Reagan present and Congress frequently gives it funding. It also works with other government organizations on a frequent basis.
- jhayward 5y agoNCMEC isn't really an NGO; it is an agent of the US government, written in to US law.
- tylerhou 5y agoExcept it's not a government agency; it's a private non-profit with strong governmental ties. https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2020/four-ncmec-myths https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2020/four-ncmec-myths