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> didn't we all arrive at the consensus that local iCloud scanning is a dangerous political Rubicon to cross? We did but these people aren't interested in the
by rad_gruchalski 2y ago
> didn't we all arrive at the consensus that local iCloud scanning is a dangerous political Rubicon to cross?
We did but these people aren't interested in the privacy aspect, just scanning. Our privacy is their enemy. "Not our problem".
> It doesn't make sense why someone would advocate for this
It makes sense when you consider that their motivations may be different from the publicly projected image.
- Zak 2y agoIt may still make sense if they're honest about their goals. It's not rare to find people advocating for policies in other fields that have high costs to society the advocates simply don't value as highly as the issue they're advocating. I imagine some people, including these advocates would find my opposing position that no crime can justify mass surveillance nonsensical.
- whstl 2y ago> We did but these people aren't interested in the privacy aspect, just scanning And some "activists", like Ashton Kutcher, are interested in making money out of this, via his startup, Thorn. EDIT: And, to absolutely nobody's surprise, the CEO of this group is a former VP of Ashton Kutcher's Thorn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-gardner-aba90013/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-gardner-aba90013/
- itishappy 2y ago> Sarah previously spent 10 years at Thorn > Prior to the Heat Initiative, [Lily] worked alongside Sarah as her Chief of Staff at Thorn. > Prior to the Heat Initiative, Brooke spent the last 9 years as a strategy, programs, and operations executive at Thorn... Their community manager is the only one with no stated connection to Thorn. https://protectchildrennotabuse.org/about-us https://protectchildrennotabuse.org/about-us