It's crucial to distinguish between "client-side scanning" that reports to authorities and "on-device context"[1] that might use similar client-side/on-device t

It's crucial to distinguish between "client-side scanning" that reports to authorities and "on-device context"[1] that might use similar client-side/on-device technology to identify a piece of content—but does not either censor or report to authorities. Different use case, same underlying technology. Former is often very problematic, while IMHO the latter is almost universally helpful (for where it is applicable; e.g. not CSAM, yes misinfo). [1] https://aviv.medium.com/client-side-context-a-defense-against-misinformation-in-the-encrypted-whatsapp-b216379723ae https://aviv.medium.com/client-side-context-a-defense-agains...