3 ms·
This was the point of their plan to introduce CSAM detection on-device. Unfortunately the reaction to that was histrionic and couldn't see the writing on the wa
by Despegar 4y ago
This was the point of their plan to introduce CSAM detection on-device. Unfortunately the reaction to that was histrionic and couldn't see the writing on the wall.
Governments will eventually pass legislation targeting E2E and CSAM was the one issue where Apple's method would have defanged support for that kind of law. But one good thing about making those plans public is that any proposed legislation will likely land on Apple's method as being a good compromise. Better for Apple to wait until they're forced by governments to do it.
- commoner 4y agoIt's a good thing that the "histrionic" privacy advocates succcessfully pressured Apple to back down from introducing a vulnerability in the product before releasing this feature.
- Despegar 4y agoIt was definitely a win in a narrow and politically naïve sense.
- brookst 4y agoYep. Their CSAM implementation guaranteed that E2EE for photos was coming. I thought the death of that CSAM approach meant they just wouldn't ship E2EE photos. I guess you're right, they know governments will mandate it and they at least have an approach that's compatible with E2EE.
- dmix 4y agoI'd rather fight that battle when it comes rather than compromise early on and trust they won't be back next week with a new policy move.