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> State actors have the resources You can end the conversation right there. If you are up against a state actor, you have already lost.
by rootusrootus 5y ago
> State actors have the resources
You can end the conversation right there. If you are up against a state actor, you have already lost.
- bitneuker 5y agoVery true, just wanted to paint a picture on how this could be abused.
- dannyw 5y agoIt's not true at all. You're assuming state actors are in the same jurisdiction. This isn't always the case - think an oppressive authoritian regime wanting to get an American journalist arrested for child pornography. It's always possible before, but client-side CSAM detection and alerting has weaponised this. Previously, you always had to somehow alert an unfriendly jurisdiction. Now, you just use malware like Pegasus to drop CSAM, whether real or disturbed from legal porn, and watch as Apple tips off the Feds on your enemies.
- dannyw 5y agoIncorrect. A Chinese state actor can't just go around imprisoning journalists they don't like in America, but they can now do this through planting child porngoraphy via remote malware (Pegasus) and watch their enemies get arrested by the US Feds.
- rootusrootus 5y agoDisagree. It isn't just jurisdiction. It is resource access. If the Chinese gov't were coming after little old me right now, I'd be properly worried, even though I'm safely within the boundaries of the US.