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It seems like most of the top-level comments here are some version, "zomg, I hate wired" -- no reason, just passionate fury. That surprises me, and makes me th
by readonthegoapp 5y ago
It seems like most of the top-level comments here are some version, "zomg, I hate wired" -- no reason, just passionate fury.
That surprises me, and makes me think that this simple article showing up in Wired UK is potentially very impactful -- so it is being attacked very forcefully, with lots of handwaving.
Apple's new Citizen Surveillance and Management (CSAM) technology is serious -- the article refers to it specifically -- the privacy concerns are not new. The tech is a legalized version of terrorist technology provider NSO Group's Pegasus software.
We already have a group of people, QAnon, terrorizing the world in order to 'save the children' -- we don't need to add another group in the form of a global $2.5T company.