Although this is true, none of the major cloud services seem inclined to actually do that. Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Facebook, they're all scanning photos[0].

Although this is true, none of the major cloud services seem inclined to actually do that. Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Facebook, they're all scanning photos[0]. Let's not pretend that this sort of thing is happening in isolation. There really is a big legal movement towards requiring encryption backdoors, and programs like Apple's here are effectively part of a big negotiation with law enforcement -- note that the reason Apple's currently not e2e is apparently that the FBI pushed them on it[1]. "We'll give you what you claim is important, CSAM scans, and in return we'll lock everything else up securely". Is this great? No. Would an absolutist "law enforcement can have nothing" position backfire into stupid legal decisions? Plausibly. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoDNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoDNA [1]: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30631827/apple-fbi-encryption-whatsapp/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a306318...