This is the ultimate lock-in strategy. If you switch from iPhone now, everyone will suspect you of being a pedo and you'll have to endure the social consequences.
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#32Can someone explain how Apple being coaxed or coerced into searching all of our personal devices for illegal files by federal law enforcement is not an unconstitutional warrantless search?
Simple - our laws haven't evolved with technology. That's why your mail has about a million times more protection than your email.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's most likely a demand by China so that they can create an infrastructure to locate political dissidents. Oh look, a Winnie the Pooh Xi meme ended up in your gallery/inbox. Why is there a knock at the door? I'm pretty sure thats the real reason.
what's this take based on - have a link or anything?
>what's this take based on
Racism and ignorance.
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#34I want to own the devices I buy, hardware and software.
Apple has no business doing what is the role of a state.
I, quite simply, don't trust them.
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#35As it should be sparked! Apple is asking its engineers to create spyware and deploy it on millions of devices. "Concern" is majorly understating my feelings right now.
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#37How is Apple's CSAM implementation not a violation of the fourth amendment?
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.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Er, do you have a recommendation for non-cloud services that provide me with automatic backups of everything I do if something happens to my apartment, or open-source services that are free of all security flaws allowing hackers to compromise your privacy? Like I wholeheartedly get where you're coming from, but I'm not sure what realistic alternatives look like.
Use a photo client on an android phone, encrypt the photos and use NextCloud (self-hosted). Make sure your certificates are up-to-date. Reverse this process on another client to see the photos.
What sort of Android? Normal Google-provided Android, which contains closed-source components? Or do you have an open-source alternative in mind?
Where do I self-host NextCloud?
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#39In 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…
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. Sure, it's more secure if Apple is a good steward, but no one outside of Apple can inspect or audit what it's doing!