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You are ignoring how the parts of the technology are used to separate responsibilities. > Apple can literally change it overnight to detect copyrighted content
by zepto 5y ago
You are ignoring how the parts of the technology are used to separate responsibilities.
> Apple can literally change it overnight to detect copyrighted content, or Snowden documents, or whatever.
No, Apple doesn’t run the database. NCMEC does.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoIt doesn’t matter where the fingerprints are coming from, they’re all just fingerprints. Today they come from NCMEC. Tomorrow they could be from the Chinese Communist Party.
- zepto 5y agoIt’s hard to take seriously the complaint that this mechanism would give the Chinese Communist party more power. Also, in the US, the 4th Amendment protects against the abuse you are talking about: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/12/a-38-year-old-charity-will-be-integrated-into-apples-newest-operating-system https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/08/12/a-38-year...