> A fundamental problem with Apple's new plan on scanning child abuse images, critics said, is that the company is making cautious policy decisions that it can

> A fundamental problem with Apple's new plan on scanning child abuse images, critics said, is that the company is making cautious policy decisions that it can be forced to change, now that the capability is there, in exactly the same way it warned would happen if it broke into the terrorism suspect's phone. This is the most important part that seems to be missing in every denial that Apple won't work with governments to spy on various types of content. _It's not Apple's choice to make._ They have no control over whether they're forced to or not.