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US apps send thousands of private photos to Swiss police

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Re: US apps send thousands of private photos to Swiss police

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> The algorithm detects the content whether it’s posted online or shared via a messaging app like WhatsApp. That statement contradicts Whatsapp official statement that all content is end-to-end encrypted: “WhatsApp ... we built end-to-end encryption into our app. When end-to-end encrypted, your messages, photos, videos, voice messages, documents, and calls are secured from falling into the wrong hands. Only you and t…

My guess is that even if a photo is secure within Whatsapp once that photo is displayed on the screen of your phone then it's available to Android to scan. Yes, that's a creepy thought and not only that but presumably such a function would be using quite a bit of the phone's battery to be doing this continuously. It's not clear though why all this stuff would be going to Switzerland particularly.

You wouldn't notice that feature using battery if every phone does it though.

I'd also really like to know why it goes to Switzerland. Are there also other countries that get photos like this and prosecute based on them?

Re: US apps send thousands of private photos to Swiss police

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> all of your nudie (and semi-nudie) pics were sent to humans to look at automatically That is insane and, if true, reason enough to never use Microsoft software.

It's not all, but a sample, yes. They typically use hashes of files and only check files which have been shared between users though.

are you 100% on "only check files which have been shared between users though." ? - I do not recall seeing that in the info I read some time ago.

"typically use hashes of files" - I don't think this changes anything as far as msoft employees and others looking at pics of your kids or wife /gf / bf, etc; if you have taken the photos or he/she did and sent them to you right? This would only remove some of the internet shared/saved photos from the pile right?

Privately taken pics saved on the windows computer are / would still be sent to employed humans to look at, from what I understand.

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