Comment by Grustaf
4 years ago
> This distinction of changing the defacto ownership of your device and data is the real inflection point.
So the ability to store child porn is what constitutes "de facto ownership" in your mind?
But why would they "use this tech to hunt down bitcoin owners"? They could just scan emails or photos directly. Doing it by way of neural hashes and vouchers seems like an absurdly complicated detour when they already own the OS and all the most commonly used apps.
De facto ownership means your personal property doesn’t get searched for evidence of crime, without reasonable cause
That’s not how it typically works though. Your car has to be tested regularly, at least in Europe. Your bag is searched when you travel, in an infinitely more intrusive way.
Also , your photos are only scanned on their way to iCloud. Turn off icloud photos and nothing will be scanned.
Besides, the laws around child porn have always been different from other laws, they have preemptively scanned for that for as long as I can remember, without probable cause.