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Good point about that. Makes sense then how this issue could surface.

• MBCook 4y ago
  They were going to, but some people flipped out about “their devices spying on them”. So instead photos are unencrypted and still scanned server-side.
  • trifurcate 4y ago
    Do you have any statement from Apple themselves or any indication that this was their line of thought? As far as I know, the on-device iMessage image scanning for CSAM (presumably what you are referring to) is a shipped feature live on all recent iOS builds, and I don't ever recall seeing any sort of public debate regarding whether iCloud photos should be encrypted or not (to be fair, before this thread, I assumed that they were).
    • fragmede 4y ago
      They shipped a version with a reduced feature set that does not include any off device notification. https://www.apple.com/child-safety/ https://www.apple.com/child-safety/