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The theory is they were going to use this tech to finally enable E2EE iCloud Photos and reactionary privacy absolutist psychopaths who didn't understand how it
by xanaxagoras 5y ago
The theory is they were going to use this tech to finally enable E2EE iCloud Photos and reactionary privacy absolutist psychopaths who didn't understand how it works -- such as myself -- made a big ruckus and spoiled everything.
Also at the point that the image hash matches, Apple thinks it is CSAM (and it probably is). Doing it locally lets them avoid storing it, which they definitely do not want to do.