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Sucks since we pay for icloud backups and get the lesser service
iOS downloads CSAM scanning code from Apple and runs it locally—hence, client-side tool.
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So we know they are using perceptual hashing and what kind?
"Hashes using a new and proprietary neural hashing algorithm Apple has developed, and gotten NCMEC to agree to use."
Could we get a more useful link here, people? CSAM? According to Google that's Confocal Scanning Acoustic Microscopy. Or something. And what with the tweeters? I think my laptop just gave me thighburns from the CPU bloat that clicking on that link caused. Eight seconds to render the page? Why do folks still use this twerker website?
What I find disturbing is that almost all commenters here took that rumour for a fact. There's nothing to substantiate it, there's no evidence of scan actually happening, and there's no historical precedence of similar thing done by Apple. And yet, people working in tech with supposedly developed critical thinking took the bait. Why? Is it simply because it fits their world view?
Also, this functionality isn't something they should be able to implement without telling their end users.
It is also problematic because it will just make the cyber criminals more technical aware of what counter measures they must take to protect their illegal data.
The consequence is very bad for the regular consumer: the cyber criminal will be able to hide, and the government has the possibility to scan your files. End consumer lose, again.
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Or regulation saying that this is illegal, because it invades users privacy too much.
Which'd be fine if we had one global government with world wide jurisdiction. Or technology choices from companies which couldn't be pressured by governments outside your personal regulation jurisdiction. I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for those regulations to become law in, say, Chine or Turkey or Saudi Arabia. I'd bet even Israel won't pass them, surely NSO have enough political lobbying swing (and probably al…
I wholeheartedly disagree. A world wide goverment would be catastrophic for whistleblowing. Atleast as a whistleblower you can live somewhat safely in a country opposing your own. With a one world government you would have nowhere to run.
And I wouldn't expect them to protect citizen's interests any better than current governments do. Contrary, I think this lack of balance in the world would embolden them further.
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Since you worked on an actual contract catching these sorts of people you are perhaps in a unique position to answer the question: will this sort of blanket surveillance technique in general but also in iOS specifically - actually work to help catch them?
I have direct knowledge of examples of where individuals were arrested and convicted of sharing CP online and they were identified because a previous employer I worked for used PhotoDNA analysis on all user uploaded images. So yeah, this type of thing can catch bad people. I’m still not convinced Apple doing this is a good thing, especially on private media content without a warrant, even though the technology can he…
Sorry to say that, but stuff like this has to happen at some point when people don't own their devices. Currently, nearly no one owns their phone and at least EU legislation is underway to ensure that it stays this way. The next step will be to reduce popular services (public administration, banking, medicine) to access through such controlled devices. Then we are locked in. And you know what? Most people deserve to…
which one?
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How hard would it be to create a valid image that matches some 128bit hahs
If it’s a cryptographic hash - very hard.
I understand the hesitation here, but fundamentally this is like trying to close pandoras box. If something is technically possible to do AND governments demand it be done, it will be done. If not by Apple, by someone else. Rather than complain about it, I am interested in what alternative solutions exist, or how concerns regarding privacy and abuse of this system could be mitigated.
stop trading freedom for security.