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> governments around the world could pressure Apple to add other forms of surveillance. Be it hashes of non-CSAM, or simply pressure NEMEC or other hash provide
by zimpenfish 5y ago
> governments around the world could pressure Apple to add other forms of surveillance. Be it hashes of non-CSAM, or simply pressure NEMEC or other hash providers
could, yes, but given PhotoDNA has been using similar hashes from NCMEC for a decade and doesn't appear to have had similar surveillance pressure imposed, what makes the Apple scanning different to warrant slippery slope arguments like this?
- cwizou 5y agoPhotoDNA is not exclusive to NCMEC, and has been used for about 5 years by FB, MS and Youtube on terrorist content : https://about.fb.com/news/2016/12/partnering-to-help-curb-spread-of-online-terrorist-content/ https://about.fb.com/news/2016/12/partnering-to-help-curb-sp...
- zimpenfish 5y ago> has been used for about 5 years by FB, MS and Youtube on terrorist content Not with the hashes provided by NCMEC, though, right?
- cwizou 5y agoNot provided by them but I don't think that was the point that parent was making. The same system is already in use for things other than NCMEC by other providers.