Comment by nicce
4 years ago
This is just speculation. Current technical implementation limits scan only for images to be uploaded into cloud, which can be opted. If you don’t trust that, you can’t trust to use their devices right now either.
4 years ago
This is just speculation. Current technical implementation limits scan only for images to be uploaded into cloud, which can be opted. If you don’t trust that, you can’t trust to use their devices right now either.
That seems like a reach.
>Current technical implementation limits scan only for images to be uploaded into cloud, which can be opted.
That is conflating policy with a technical limitation. Their changes negate the technical discussion at this point.
Their POLICY is that it will only scan for images to be uploaded. They no longer have a *legal* argument to not comply with government requests for device scanning of any data now, since the framework is now included.
That is a big change in that regard. Whereas in the past there was a layer of trust that Apple would hold governments accountable and push back on behalf of a users privacy (and there is a very tangible history there), this implementation creates a gaping hole in that argument.
Actually it is not just POLICY. This scanning is build very deeeep in to the iCloud upload process. They need huge revamp for the system, and it seems intentional just because of this speculation. So we are in the same discussion whether this is implemented or not.
None of the tech documents point to this being the case. In fact in many of the articles I have read, it’s quite the opposite. Including the peer reviewed paper that had the dangers of such a program outlined in the conclusions. [1][2]
Do you have any sources here here to the contrary?
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/19/apple-csa...
[2] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/08/more-on-apple...
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