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Disable iCloud and there’s no scanning. Many people (like myself) are worried about the slippery slope where this is turned on for all photos, since why not? N
by Johnny555 5y ago
Disable iCloud and there’s no scanning.
Many people (like myself) are worried about the slippery slope where this is turned on for all photos, since why not? Not all abusers will upload their CSAM content to the cloud, why wouldn't Apple flip a flag in the future to scan everything, including photos and downloaded content? If they are serious about fighting CSAM and have this great privacy preserving platform, I don't see why they wouldn't do this?
- notJim 5y agoIt’s not a flag, the feature is part of the iCloud upload process. No upload, no scan. Of course a code change could do anything. The point of the feature is to prevent people from using iCloud to distribute CSAM. If you’re recording it with your phone, it’s no different than using an slr camera. The cloud part is what they’re worried about.
- yati 5y agoWhy flag the account and report it if the only goal is to politely prevent people from uploading? Like you say, a “code change can do anything” and we simply don’t know how the current feature is done or how it will evolve. edit: like many comments here already say, reporting doesn’t sound terrible for CSAM, but nothing about the feature guarantees it wont be extended to other kind of content.
- JohnFen 5y ago> The point of the feature is to prevent people from using iCloud to distribute CSAM. Right, which is why it's so utterly baffling that they don't do this scanning server-side instead of client-side.