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How is scanning on My Phone better than on server side? Either you trust apple with your data or you don't, supposedly only they have the keys to open the data
by stjohnswarts 5y ago
How is scanning on My Phone better than on server side? Either you trust apple with your data or you don't, supposedly only they have the keys to open the data on their servers in case it gets into 3rd party hands. I trust that far more than I trust Apple acting as a government spy on my own phone. Sure there are trade offs, but this one is well worth it. Your data isn't sitting unencrypted on apple servers. They have a key to open it but hackers who might steal that don't. I assure you it's as good as any encryption you would have applied to it.
- erikpukinskis 5y agoBecause, with the proposed system in place, if law enforcement wants to decrypt your data they have to subpoena you, not Apple. As long as Apple can’t do this client-side scanning scheme, they have to keep the keys to your data on their servers, which means law enforcement can subpoena them without you even being aware of it.