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Except that Apple will review the photos once you've matched 30 of them, so it's still not possible for the government to misuse it.
by Grustaf 5y ago
Except that Apple will review the photos once you've matched 30 of them, so it's still not possible for the government to misuse it.
- kps 5y agoIn China, iCloud is run by the government.
- Grustaf 5y agoIt's actually not, but even if it were, that would be yet another reason CSAM scanning is completely irrelevant for government spying. Any spying really. It's much easier to just look at the images themselves.
- ttflee 5y ago> It's actually not It's Joe Wong's joke, that it's like peeing in the snow in a dark winter night, while there is a difference but it's really hard to tell.
- short_sells_poo 5y agoSo some underpaid contractor reviewing "visual derivatives" that may or may not be CSAM completely prevents governments from misusing this in your mind?
- Grustaf 5y agoConsidering how high profile and incredibly sensitive this is, I doubt they will hire an underpaid contractor. It's the opposite of app review, where the volume is very high but the stakes are low.
- MichaelGroves 5y agoFacebook hires underpaid and poorly treated contractors to moderate exactly this same kind of content. I see no reason to believe Apple will be any different, particularly a few months from now when the general public's attention has shifted to other matters (assuming they're even paying attention right now. I don't think the interests of HN are necessarily representative of the general public..)