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Quick question, isn't the scanning only happening on iCloud? If yes, then honest question: Does anyone actually believe that content uploaded into the cloud d
by dustinmoris 5y ago
Quick question, isn't the scanning only happening on iCloud?
If yes, then honest question:
Does anyone actually believe that content uploaded into the cloud doesn't get scanned by big tech companies for whatever latest flavour of "innovation" someone comes up with?
For example, GitHub was scanning repos for Co-Pilot. We all know Google already scans everything, including Gmail and Microsoft is the king of "telemetry".
What is the difference that scares people about Apple's CSAM scanning? I admit I haven't followed all the news very thoroughly because I usually wait a few weeks to see which outrage sticks and which not. Too much outrage nowadays to keep up with everything so this is an honest question.
- umanwizard 5y ago> isn't the scanning only happening on iCloud? No, the scanning is happening on local devices, but only during the upload-to-iCloud process. That’s the key difference that is upsetting a lot of people.
- dustinmoris 5y agothx!
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoI would say from a legal/moral/political philosophy point of view the difference is that the other implementations do the scanning on their servers, apple wants to do the scanning on my phone. Even if the outcome is the same this feels like a step too far. Even though in reality, I don't want them scanning my data regardless of where it lives. We have already been sliding down this slope, this is just one more step.