Yes, that is the reason behind my comment. The linked site is not criticizing the intent. It is criticizing the hashing algorithm. Therefore this post either

Yes, that is the reason behind my comment. The linked site is not criticizing the intent. It is criticizing the hashing algorithm. Therefore this post either shouldn't be part of the criticism of Apple's plan or it should be part of the overall criticism of the tech industry including Google and Microsoft. I don't think the hashing exacerbates the problem because the alternative to Apple's proposal seems like it would be to run the same hash matching on the server like those other companies. That doesn't fix the hash collision problem.