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Apple's "solution" was the technical equivalent of Microsoft having Windows Defender scanning every single file on a user computer and attaching a "hash" / tag
by gigel82 3y ago
Apple's "solution" was the technical equivalent of Microsoft having Windows Defender scanning every single file on a user computer and attaching a "hash" / tag to it. Then downloading a database of "forbidden hashes" from an unspecified government authority.
Their initial plan was to only compare against the database when you upload to iCloud (in the comparison, OneDrive) and notify the authorities, but of course once the infrastructure for local scanning was in place, extending it to other "scenarios" was just a small update away (I'm sure RIAA/MPAA would love to hear about your old mp3 folder you kept moving over from pc to pc over the years).