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1921.
by Zak 5y ago
iCloud is not end-to-end encrypted, and Apple has not announced plans to add that option. Apple has the technical ability to scan images on the server.
1922.
by Zak 5y ago
When end-to-end encryption is done correctly, the answer is "we literally can't access it" as a matter of mathematics, whether the state accepts it or not. A state that does not accept it might retaliate against the entity
1923.
by Zak 5y ago
There's plenty of confusion, but what's telling in this story is that the people who are the least confused are among the most opposed to Apple's plans.
1924.
by Zak 5y ago
Proposals for mass surveillance are almost always related to CSAM or terrorism.
1925.
by Zak 5y ago
Can you cite a statute that requires a provider to look for hashes when NCMEC asks them to? If NCMEC told a provider that a specific URL (or similarly unique identifier) contains CSAM, the provider would be obligated to destroy the associat
1926.
by Zak 5y ago
> "strict liability" crimes like statutory rape That varies by jurisdiction. Some US states require criminal negligence or offer affirmative defenses with regard to the defendant's belief as to the victim's age.
1927.
by Zak 5y ago
Apple isn't required to stop redistribution of existing material; they're required to make a report if they have actual knowledge of users possessing or distributing apparent CSAM. This is different from what your comment implies
1928.
by Zak 5y ago
There's a huge difference between Apple scanning files that are on Apple's servers and Apple putting spyware on your encrypted device.
1929.
by Zak 5y ago
I think a system to verify the integrity of the operating system and make the user aware of any changes is a Good Thing. Of course, the user should be in control of what signing keys are trusted and who else gets access to that information.
1930.
by Zak 5y ago
It is my understanding that Apple implemented a program that generates a hash of a file and compares it to a blacklist, and notifies Apple in the event of a match. It's not clear, but it appears this is only run when uploading to iClou
1931.
by Zak 5y ago
Safetynet is becoming a problem, and the trend shows to signs of slowing down. I shouldn't have to choose between keeping full control over my device and being able to use it to access the modern world.
1932.
by Zak 5y ago
Prior to this change, they couldn't. Now they could. It's much easier to change the policy than to add a new mechanism. Governments, including the US government have previously attempted to force Apple to break into users' de
1933.
by Zak 5y ago
This is a very slippery slope. Users of iOS devices have already ceded general-purpose computing in favor of Apple being their sysadmin. Now Apple is using that control and access to act against the interests of some users. The fact that it
1934.
by Zak 5y ago
Mass interception over the wire affects more people, but it's easier to defend against using cryptography.
1935.
by Zak 5y ago
The phrases that the study treats as overgeneralizing are: all of the time, all of them, all the time, always happens, always like, happens every time, completely, no one ever, nobody ever, every single one of them, every single one of you
1936.
by Zak 5y ago
> technically serving minors is “strict liability” As an aside, strict liability in criminal law strikes me as unjust. There should always be a culpable mental state attached to a crime, even if it's just negligence so that people
1937.
by Zak 5y ago
Your country created puritanism, which it exported to the US where it continues to influence policy. The US once outright banned alcohol. Prohibition tends not to be effective when there's broad demand for the prohibited item, especial
1938.
by Zak 5y ago
The level of scrutiny you're describing sounds unusual for most parts of the US, but the broad answer is that the relevant enforcement authorities are more aggressive in the US than they are in Austria and Germany. This leads to inflex
1939.
by Zak 5y ago
I'm going to guess that banks didn't offer online check scanning until smartphones got popular because it would have been a tech support nightmare. First scan your check with a flatbed scanner, in the fairly unlikely event you hav
1940.
by Zak 5y ago
I always thought the games were made more difficult than they appear, or that elements of randomness were introduced to games of skill, such as using inaccurate guns for shooting galleries. I did not think that apparent games of skill would
1941.
by Zak 5y ago
> the volume control only slightly correlates with the actual volume that comes from the headphones. Which makes concrete regulations about volume levels nonsensical however well-intentioned.
1942.
by Zak 5y ago
I can understand why root is not enabled by default. Anybody who had to fix Windows PCs owned by average consumers a decade or so ago probably does too. The situation on Nexus and Pixel devices was about right: it requires the use of the co
1943.
by Zak 5y ago
I think it was inevitable that these platforms would start having content restrictions once they shifted to using machine-learning algorithms tuned to maximize each user's engagement. For a significant fraction of users, the most engag
1944.
by Zak 5y ago
The first couple documented solutions for the volume warning on my new rooted Android phone didn't appear to have any effect. The volume warning is required by EU regulations, so it's hard to blame the OS maker for that. I do, how
1945.
by Zak 5y ago
Clippy may be a joke, but my phone actually does this (and yours likely does too). In principle, if my headphone volume was actually loud enough to damage my hearing, I'd like to be told about it, but a given reality is the volume sett
1946.
by Zak 5y ago
There are valid points on both sides of that issue. On one hand, sophisticated image processing techniques require a level of user education that doesn't fit nicely into a UI. How to get the most out of the various tools belongs in the
1947.
by Zak 5y ago
Perhaps, but this is exactly the behavior of Facebook Container.
1948.
by Zak 5y ago
Firefox is doing that to keep Facebook from being able to access that tab's browsing history. You can disable this feature if you don't like it. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/facebookcontainer&#x2
1949.
by Zak 5y ago
> Combining "detestation" ("I don't like you") with vilification ("You're evil") is a concern. The first is legitimate opinion. The second is defamation. For which truth is a defense under US law.
1950.
by Zak 5y ago
> If you see a friend with a new haircut, and you think it looks ugly, should you immediately just blurt out “hey, your new haircut looks awful”? There's a middle ground: you can be honest if asked, but not volunteer negative opin

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