> But let’s not pretend it’s a move that doesn’t come with a cost. Scanning for CSAM by companies does catch a lot of child abusers and result in children being

> But let’s not pretend it’s a move that doesn’t come with a cost. Scanning for CSAM by companies does catch a lot of child abusers and result in children being rescued from abuse, and it’s likely that Apple implementing such scanning would have done the same. Let's not pretend that scanning everyone's photos is the only (or even a good) way to catch child abusers. Child abusers have been convicted without CSAM scanning before, so I am sure it will continue to be possible without. Just scanning everyone's photos may or may not be a convenient way to catch many, but the social cost for that is too damn high. There is no guarantee that fewer children would get abused by scanning for CSAM, since abusers would probably adapt and avoid scanned services, while the innocent majority of people would have lost their privacy.