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The threat model is that Apple has been capable of doing whatever they want, and this CSAM detector has demonstrated that Apple will do whatever they want.
by lern_too_spel 5y ago
The threat model is that Apple has been capable of doing whatever they want, and this CSAM detector has demonstrated that Apple will do whatever they want.
- zepto 5y agoThen by that logic, what they want is build a complex and highly narrow mechanism for checking only the photos that are uploaded to iCloud Photo Library for CSAM, and absolutely nothing more.
- lern_too_spel 5y agoToday. They didn't want to do that yesterday. They will certainly want to do something else tomorrow. Apple has a history of modifying devices that people bought in ways they didn't want and could not change (like putting a non-removable News app on their computers), but the CSAM episode shows Apple is willing to do a lot more, and more importantly, explained this to users who didn't care about the past abuses.
- zepto 5y ago>… explained this to users who didn't care about the past abuses. There is no abuse here.