SwiftOnSecurity:
> Just to state: Apple's scanning does not detect photos of child abuse. It detects a list of known banned images added to a database, which are initially child abuse imagery found circulating elsewhere. What images are added over time is arbitrary. It doesn't know what a child is.
(from https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/14233832560037478...)
Don't Google already do this for images you store in their cloud?
You can just not share the photos to iCloud, the exact same way you'd opt out of it happening on iCloud, no?
EDIT: Just checked, I don't backup pictures from my phone in the cloud. At least that's what my Google camera app insists on.
[...] when the photo is about to be uploaded to the cloud. If you don't use iCloud Photos, it won't be scanning your photos.it's scanning ON your device. This means Apple now has the capability to scan and find files on your device. Which means they have opened the pandoras box of over-reaching government requests.
"Messages uses on-device machine learning to analyze image attachments and determine if a photo is sexually explicit."
Furthermore: "This program is ambitious, and protecting children is an important responsibility. These efforts will evolve and expand over time."
Per: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/
The road to hell is paved with the best of intentions.