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"Anti-abuse laws that don't compromise e2e" don't exist, the entire concept is impossible ipso facto. Apple's hash matching still requires scanning your plainte
by Analemma_ 3y ago
"Anti-abuse laws that don't compromise e2e" don't exist, the entire concept is impossible ipso facto. Apple's hash matching still requires scanning your plaintext (or plain image, or whatever), which means
1. the "fingerprint" can still be silently updated to look for other things like [the current Power's that Be's definition of] "misinformation",
2. false positives can completely fuck over your life
3. it doesn't even work to prevent CSAM, because there will always be an arms race to improve the anti-fingerprinting measures. The "perceptual hashing" algorithms you've heard about don't actually work at all, they're a lie being pushed by commercial interests.
Those three points mean that even message fingerprinting is unacceptable, full stop.