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Re: Scanning “private” content

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Maybe get the hash database and create a trove of clean documents that force a hash collision and overload the system with false positives. Maybe also add something about the Fourth Amendment in the documents for good measure.

You are assuming people will not be marked for life for their false positives

Re: Scanning “private” content

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post #8

The Butlerian Jihad cannot come soon enough. As time goes on, I realize that certain authors had better insights into the human condition than others. For example, Alduous Huxley has turned out to be more prophetic than George Orwell. I believe Frank Herbert will as well. Man cannot be ruled by machine. This cannot last much longer. A lot of political division in this country is due to technology. As someone genuinel…

While I'm over here, a schizophrenic terrorized by the government, and I cannot wait for an AI to replace people. I want AI to overthrow humanity and subjugate us with a simulation, except with German orthography instead of Kanji (thus implying it is a German AI, not a Japanese AI as is canon in the movies, because I'll take my chances this time around). I want Cortana with a moral compass that could slice angstroms, not some Japanese bumpkins and CIA salvia-dealers' cloned consciousness with excuses.

Can you imagine: everyone at the NSA is celebrating Apple and the CSAM automated scanning.

Simultaneously, connected intelligence officials: wait, they aren't going to let the nation state AI judge what I do for the STATE? Surely, no god-like AI would understand what is necessary. No xir.

Re: Scanning “private” content

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol. I've gotten these many times. It turns out that an acronym related to my work is one typo away from a listed child porn term/site. If google is reporting these then I am already on thier list.

> It turns out that an acronym related to my work is one typo away Ah that old chestnut, I am sure they have heard many worse excuses than that one.

There is an old Drew Carry joke:

"I wanted to get the Playboy channel, but I already have the cartoon network and if you have both they put you on a special list."

Re: Scanning “private” content

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Maybe get the hash database and create a trove of clean documents that force a hash collision and overload the system with false positives. Maybe also add something about the Fourth Amendment in the documents for good measure.

> get the hash database

Apple designed the system so that their hashes are never known to client devices. Their server is fundamentally involved in checking your hashes against their list.

Re: Scanning “private” content

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post #14

This is something we almost certainly didn't raise any issues with regards to Google Drive as well

Different. Many people are okay if you upload files to a third party that they are then scanned by that company.

People here are not okay with a local scanner installed on your device. Despite Apple “promise” it will be only used for photos and those you “intend” to upload…. this falls on deaf ears. If you were only going to scan content intended for the cloud…. then just scan it on your servers when it arrives.

Despite talks of E2E … apple has not said this is the reason for the local scanner.

Re: Scanning “private” content

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I haven't seen much discussion of the changes to search, which seem a little dystopian as well: > Siri and Search are also being updated to intervene when users perform searches for queries related to CSAM. These interventions will explain to users that interest in this topic is harmful and problematic, and provide resources from partners to get help with this issue. Will apple.cn be extending this to searches about…

If you search anything related to eating disorders on Tumblr you’re presented with basically the same thing with links to help resources. MyFitnessPal pops up a similar message if you log less than 1000 calories in a day. Same with topics related to suicide on any search engine.

There is a very real bright line difference popping up a “please get help” message for self destructive behaviors and arbitrary censorship.

Source: have eating disorder and consumed thinspo and proana content in my teens.

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