It is also bad for the fabric of society at large, in the sense that if we don't clearly take a stand against abhorrent behaviour then we are in some sense cond

It is also bad for the fabric of society at large, in the sense that if we don't clearly take a stand against abhorrent behaviour then we are in some sense condoning it. Does the tech industry have any alternate solutions that could functionally mitigate this abuse? I'd suggest there's a lot the not-tech industry could do to stop condoning abhorrent behavior that stops short of installing scanners on billions of computing devices. It's become a bit of a trope at this point, but it's bizarre to see a guy who is/was spokesman for a "minor attracted persons" (i.e. pedos) advocacy group getting published negatively reviewing the controversial new sex trafficking movie ... in Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-15/qanon-and-sound-of-freedom-both-rely-on-tired-hollywood-tropes#xj4y7vzkg https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-15/qanon-... For some background: https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/meet-noah-berlatsky-prostasia-foundation-wonder-woman-rutgers-university-press-author-normalising-pedophilia/ https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/meet-noah-berlatsky-prostasi... His 501(c)(3) non-profit also advocates in favor of pedophilic dolls and has a "No Children Harmed certification seal" program for pedophilic dolls/etc: https://prostasia.org/blog/dolls-prevent-child-sexual-abuse/ https://prostasia.org/blog/dolls-prevent-child-sexual-abuse/ https://prostasia.org/no-children-harmed/ https://prostasia.org/no-children-harmed/ I'm not sure you can criminalize stuff like this, but it sets off my alarm bells when pedophile advocates are being published in mainstream news at the same time there's a moral panic around the need to scan everyone's hard drives. Is society actually trying to solve this problem, or is this more like renewing the Patriot Act to record every American's phone calls at the same time we're allied with al Qaeda offshoots in Syria? Interesting how terrorism has been the primary other argument for banning/backdooring all encryption. ---- As an aside I couldn't find ~anything about this group "Heat Initiative" Apple is responding to? Other than a TEDx talk by the founder a couple years ago which again seems very focused on "encrypted platforms" as the primary problem that needs solving: https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_gardner_searching_for_a_child_in_a_private_world https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_gardner_searching_for_a_chil...