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You completely bypassed the point of my post. It doesn't matter about what happens now. What matters is in the future. If China creates a law saying that not on
by farmerstan 5y ago
You completely bypassed the point of my post. It doesn't matter about what happens now. What matters is in the future. If China creates a law saying that not only should this system work for CSAM but also for objectionable material or anti-government material, is Apple really going to say no if it means billions of dollars in losses and Apple execs being targets by the CCP? Of course they won't.
- simondotau 5y agoIf you think it's Apple's (or Google's, or Microsoft's) role to act as the international human rights arm of the US State Department, then I have some bad news for you. China can do whatever China wants. If China wanted Apple to scan the iPhones of Chinese residents for pictures of Winnie The Pooh, they could have done that last year. They pass a law, Apple must comply or leave. They don't have a choice. Of course I don't like it. I think many things China does are awful. But at the end of the day I wouldn't stand for China exporting their morality onto me, and I'm not a hypocrite.
- foobiekr 5y agoOne explanation for this CSAM thing is to muddy the water about content scanning using an unassailable goal so that apple can give the Chinese and Saudi governments what they want and not get the same degree of criticism.