> the sum of all the elements The comment chain I was responding to is about the claim that neuralhash is broken so the system is dangerous. This claim has be

> the sum of all the elements The comment chain I was responding to is about the claim that neuralhash is broken so the system is dangerous. This claim has been repeated multiple times in this forum. Indeed it is one of the loudest two arguments against the system and is simply false. The sum of elements which are false is still false now matter how many you have. It’s certainly not universally true that scanning the device goes against the wish of the users. There are many users who are quite happy to have their devices scanned if it is part of making life harder for child abusers. I have spoken to such people. Therein lies the problem. This system really doesn’t do anything harmful, and it really does just make the tool less useful for collecting child pornography. There is no simple argument against it, hence all of the misrepresentations about its purported technical problems. I strongly dislike the feature, and would rather they don’t do it. My arguments are that I don’t want to be, even in principle, suspected of something I haven’t done. And that trust should be mutual. If Apple wants me to trust them, I want them to trust me. I don’t see how we help make the world better by using false narratives about technical issues to get what we want.