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Not really. It was a controversy created by a poorly written Apple press release that unveiled two distinct features, and subsequently ginned up by an even worse EFF blog post. CSAM scanning was all about iCloud, just like every other vendor, and the benefit was a roadmap to E2E storage. The more confusing thing was the explicit content notifications for parents for their minor children in family plans. So instead, j…
Running this kind of stuff is already leg in the door. Next they can decide to scan your device even, if you don't upload anything anywhere. For your safety, of course, you might be in a possession of an objectionable material, like photos of MAGA hats or other extremist paraphernalia. So this is a big red line. If you want to upload to iCloud, ok, scanning there is a fair game and you can always not upload to iCloud…
As a parent, I may want to opt into a service on my managed, family device so I know my child’s fellow 9th grader girlfriend is sending pictures that may be a crime to possess, or vice versa. That is exactly what Apple did.
Like I said, you’re conflating two things that are not the same, because you’ve been fed a steady diet of bad information stemming from Apples unusually poor communications and the EFFs inaccurate blog post.