It's worse than that IMO. Apple has (very publicly) announced that existing CSAM can get scanned for, so it's dangerous to possess it. Newly-created CSAM, howev

It's worse than that IMO. Apple has (very publicly) announced that existing CSAM can get scanned for, so it's dangerous to possess it. Newly-created CSAM, however, is much safer, since until it gets added to a database these perceptual hashes will be less likely to detect it. So Apple is indirectly encouraging the creation of new CSAM. Of course Apple's scanning isn't the only thing that encourages such creation, but it's a newly publicized thing.