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This page directly links to the EFF: https://act.eff.org/action/tell-apple-don-t-scan-our-phones https://act.eff.org/action/tell-apple-don-t-scan-our-phones Pl
by firebaze 5y ago
This page directly links to the EFF:
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-apple-don-t-scan-our-phones https://act.eff.org/action/tell-apple-don-t-scan-our-phones
Please spend a few bucks on supporting them.
A bit of a background on why apple did this (this was flagged, but I don't know why):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28259622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28259622
- kilroy123 5y agoDone.
- dang 5y agoUsers flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case it's not hard to guess - some readers are past the fatigue stage with this story, which has had dozens of threads at this point. Others, needless to say, have not had enough yet.
- LeifCarrotson 5y agoRegarding that background, I agree that the scale does require more consideration. For a similar example, Apple's Airtags have a number of protections against using them for nefarious purposes. Tile, Samsung SmartTag, and similar devices don't, but Tile users are about 2 orders of magnitude less common than Apple users. You could get pinpoint tracking of a person just about anywhere by dropping an Airtag in their bag, but you'd be lucky to pick up one or two pings if you dropped a Tile. I think the NeuralHash client scanning approach is overly invasive, but at the same time I think it's a good thing that Apple has someone who's thinking about bad things that can happen while people are using their products.