While you make good points, I still wouldn't trust Apple to not scope creep over time. Client side scanning of hashes for csam presents the entry point they nee

While you make good points, I still wouldn't trust Apple to not scope creep over time. Client side scanning of hashes for csam presents the entry point they need to establish client side scanning as a norm. It's the preverbial inch. Give it a year, or months even, and watch that grow to include scanning of text for terroristic threats, or of teens' chats for grooming, or depression, etc. Then watch that data become a gold mine for both the gov and for advertisers. The slope is so slippery that it's ot worth the risk, imo. It paves the way to reduce general computing even further, which is already quite restricted on apple devices to begin with.