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> your family photos ... could be construed as illegal in the hands of pervs, the images become child porn and can be added to the databases. It's not as simpl
by simondotau 5y ago
> your family photos ... could be construed as illegal in the hands of pervs, the images become child porn and can be added to the databases.
It's not as simple as that. Photos in the NCMEC database are tagged based on the severity of their content. The categories are A1, A2, B1, B2. According to this[0] PowerPoint presentation, page 22:
A = prepubescent minor
B = pubescent minor
1 = sex act
2 = "lascivious exhibition"
Apple are only searching for images tagged as "A1" by NCMEC and other agencies. This is the most extreme of the extreme. There is a massive gulf between the A1 category and anything you could even remotely conceive of being in anyone's family photos.
[0] https://www.prosecutingattorneys.org/wp-content/uploads/Presentation-Slides2.pdf https://www.prosecutingattorneys.org/wp-content/uploads/Pres...
- sandworm101 5y agoA1 is nowhere near the most extreme material with which police must deal. Not even close. This is called child abuse imagery for a reason. Sex acts are literally the entry level for A1.
- simondotau 5y ago"Sex act" is specifically what the "1" in A1 refers to. A1 does not cover images of child abuse unless they involve sex acts. Yes, even if these are "more extreme" in other ways. The definitions are horrifyingly, depressingly, tragically very clear.