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> How do we know that, though? At some level, if you're uploading files to their servers, you have to trust them. And to a lesser extent if you're using their
by notJim 5y ago
> How do we know that, though?
At some level, if you're uploading files to their servers, you have to trust them. And to a lesser extent if you're using their proprietary software (although you can monitor network traffic and so on.)
> Which, again, really hits the need for disclosure
Isn't that what they did?
- acdha 5y agoI think there was a misunderstanding: I wasn't saying that you don't have to trust them to use their cloud services but rather that it would be a surprise to me if they were _not_ already scanning iCloud Photos (i.e. is this a change from “scanned after upload” to “scanned before upload” or from “not scanned” to “scanned”?). I've always assumed that they do scan your hosted files, just like Dropbox, Google, etc. do.
- notJim 5y agoIn the interview, Craig discusses this. They did not previously scan iCloud photos because they consider it too invasive. They consider this less invasive, because Apple does not look at the content of your photo, except on the device. So the change was from "not scanned" to "scanned before upload on device".