| ▲ | akersten 2 hours ago |
| > Because the photos and videos are analyzed on your child's device, Apple doesn't receive an indication that nudity was detected and doesn't get access to the photos or videos as a result. Apropos of nothing, I really don't love the construction of this reassurance. This is not actually a reasoned-through guarantee, it's just two things that happen to be true at the same time. But the latter could change at any point, on-device processing does not preclude the device notifying Apple about what it saw. |
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| ▲ | runjake 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The backdrop to this is a story from 2023 in which Apple attempted to do this and faced backlash. This received significant coverage worldwide at the time. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-commun... |
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| ▲ | akersten 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah, it's clear to see that they'd want to get in front of something like that happening again. My point though is that the pull quote I highlighted is a flimsy reassurance because "it all happens on the device" does not at all prevent "Apple knowing about it," yet the sentence is constructed in a way that (tricks?) people into thinking it would. | |
| ▲ | ribosometronome 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | And since then, we've seen major companies pressured into instead ripping out E2E encryption from public and governmental child safety concerns. | |
| ▲ | dyauspitr an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | But why would they want to be notified. Seems like this is the best case scenario for them. They’re taking action against the problem and at the same time cannot be approached to break their clients privacy. The only thing I can imagine is a government entity making them do it. |
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| ▲ | an0malous 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| How is that “apropro of nothing”? Isn’t it apropro of the quote from the article you’re commenting on? |
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| ▲ | akersten 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure, what I meant is "without actually taking a stance on what the article is about and opinions on Apple's feature aside, I dislike the particular placation presented within" |
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