notJim

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by notJim 5y ago
> Do they mean they haven't been doing it for iCloud Photos, but were arbitrarily doing it for other parts of iCloud? I read elsewhere they they scanned Mail but not Photos.
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by notJim 5y ago
> How do we know that, though? At some level, if you're uploading files to their servers, you have to trust them. And to a lesser extent if you're using their proprietary software (although you can monitor network traffic and s
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by notJim 5y ago
> Every picture This is the confusion, it's only photos being uploaded to iCloud.
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by notJim 5y ago
I agree, but I don't think that's an excuse to mischaracterize what the feature does.
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by notJim 5y ago
It's part of the process that uploads the photos to iCloud. If you think through the likely implementation of such a thing, it would be more than a simple config change to change this. > end users have no way to confirm whether this
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by notJim 5y ago
This is incorrect. They scan the photo as part of the iCloud upload process. If that process does not run for a given file or photo, this scanning does not run, according to the interview.
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by notJim 5y ago
The distinction he's making (which I realize you will likely not find satisfactory) is that they aren't proactively scanning all of the photos on your device or in your photo library. The scan happens as part of the pipeline that
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by notJim 5y ago
The point is to prevent people from using iCloud to distribute CSAM.
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by notJim 5y ago
It seems to come from images reported to this group https://www.missingkids.org/ through their CyberTipline. Edit: toward the end of the interview, Craig says the database can be audited. Obviously not the actual images, bu
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by notJim 5y ago
Personally, I would not want to be the major cloud photo provider who is most friendly to hosting CSAM. For me that would be reason enough. As a company, there is also PR risk, and risk that laws will be passed requiring enforcement. This c
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by notJim 5y ago
You need 30 matches before they do anything, so a single false positive wouldn't cause anything to happen.
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by notJim 5y ago
They actually weren't. They wanted to start, and they thought this way of doing it was more privacy-friendly. Craig says all this, but apparently listening to what he says is forbidden.
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by notJim 5y ago
I was definitely confused, for the record. I had the impression that Apple would scan all photos on device, but that is not true. I was also confused because several changes were announced at once, and the conversations sometimes blended th
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by notJim 5y ago
Note that I said "for them". In other words, from their PoV. This is an assumption on my part. Of course you can disagree. Apple has been criticized for lax enforcement of anti-CSAM policies. Facebook and Google reported more CSAM
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by notJim 5y ago
I think this link that has the actual interview might be better. The bbc is picking quotes out of context https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-techn...
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by notJim 5y ago
I wouldn't be surprised at all if they actually are confused. Consider from Apple's perspective. They were being criticized for allowing CSAM to be uploaded to iCloud, since they don't scan for it. They see two options: * Sta
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by notJim 5y ago
> The scientists seemed to have a single political leaning, which made me more skeptical. I saw it as religious apologetics for green ideology. Why didn't you consider that their "green ideology" comes from their scienti
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by notJim 5y ago
> No, straws and plastic bags won’t abate it. Straws and plastic bags are about pollution more than global warming, I think. > They need to address industry, shipping and population growth. The last one might be a third rail for some
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by notJim 5y ago
It should let you put in your country of citizenship so it can filter the visas down before showing you visas you can't get.
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by notJim 5y ago
I think Porsche also has an 800V car.
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by notJim 5y ago
Also good old fashioned confirmation bias. If someone thinks inflation must be through the roof and the government is lying about it, then they're going to notice things that get more expensive, while ignoring things that get cheaper o
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by notJim 5y ago
If it's covering an income shortfall, it doesn't seem like that would cause inflation. If I normally spend $2k a month, but then lose my job and get $2k from the government, that's not going to cause inflation. From what I un
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by notJim 5y ago
Ehh, they try pretty damn carefully. They absolutely do take into consideration things like changing quality and ingredients. > Pricing information is then sent to our national office, where specialists who have detailed knowledge about
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by notJim 5y ago
> For months everyone has naysayed the idea that money printing would have a negative effect, now just Google "inflation" news articles. I did, they all say inflation is transitory largely due to supply chain issues, and that i
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by notJim 5y ago
The data disagrees with my hypothesis, therefore the data must be wrong.
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by notJim 5y ago
> Is this effect global? Who knows, it’s anecdata You say this like no one measures inflation, but in fact we do measure inflation quite carefully, and it's nowhere near 20%.
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by notJim 5y ago
A lot of this stuff is transitory, and there are signs it's starting to come down. However with the rise of delta, I think we're in for a rocky ride ahead. Edit: in the spirit of worker solidarity though, if you can convince your
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by notJim 5y ago
> The best of the best charging systems draw "only" 250kW Actually Electrify America can charge at 350 kW. They have to actively cool the cables to keep them from overheating. > in Tesla world it's shared between charg
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by notJim 5y ago
Yeah it's kind of odd, because now law enforcement/the courts can say "well, you have the capability to scan content on device, you just choose not to in some cases", which would seem to open Apple up to being forced to
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by notJim 5y ago
But this move matches Apple's current stance on backups. They have access to iCloud backups, but do not have access to local ones. This has been the case for a while now. This mirrors the situation with iCloud photos. In other words, m

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