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Firstly, and most importantly, this kind of backdoor is the kind of thing that makes big corps prohibit the use/purchases of devices.
Secondly, it seems rife for abuse: dont like someone who uses an ios device, msg them some cp and destroy their entire life.
In their attempt to make this extra private by scanning 'on device', I think they've managed to make it feel worse. If they scan my iCloud photos in iCloud, well lots of companies scan stuff when you upload it. It's on their servers, they're responsible for it. They don't want to be hosting CSAM. It feels much worse them turning your own, trusty iPhone against you. I know that isn't how you should look at it, but tha…
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Apple isn’t the government.
They are acting on behalf of the government.
I’d say most people have iCloud Photos enabled, so I’m trying to gauge whether that’s true of Google Photos too.
Google Photos also does CSAM scanning, I believe
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Apple isn’t the government.
Why did Apple invest so much engineering effort, into something so complex, without being told to do so? This move doesn't benefit their brand, or the year of advertising they have done to differentiate themselves with Google and facebook as a privacy focused company.
They probably don't want “safe haven for child porn” to be part of their brand distinction from other online firms.
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The practical difference is that with on-device scanning, the system is just a few bit flips away from scanning every photo on your device, instead of just the ones that are about to be uploaded. With server-side scanning, the separation is clear—what's on Apple's server can be scanned, and what's only on your phone cannot. This all plays so perfectly into my long-time fears about the locked down nature of the iPhone…
I feel like this is a false sense of security. Even before this change, they can easily access and scan photos on your device. If they do any post-processing of the image on device, they already do.
There are two things that make me think this will be walked back. Firstly, and most importantly, this kind of backdoor is the kind of thing that makes big corps prohibit the use/purchases of devices. Secondly, it seems rife for abuse: dont like someone who uses an ios device, msg them some cp and destroy their entire life.
I think people can understand, Apple can't have certain content on their servers. People have a much harder time understanding that Apple needs to make sure you don't have certain content on your phone.