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Here’s a thing about jailbreaking.

As a user I like my device being safe from outside attackers (NSO & co).

But I definitely do not want my device to be protected against me. It’s absurd that I have to use the methods of an attacker to gain modification privileges on a device I own.

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That's why Apple needs to unclench and give up its need for absolute control and just allow bootloader unlocking. Users who modify will always want to be able to modify and the only way to have that and have security as well is to allow specific ways for it to be done... not to force modders to rely on exploits.

Unfortunately, it's now vital to child safety that iPhone users never be allowed to jailbreak their phones. Apple's recently-announced CSAM photo detection feature relies on Apple being sure that the real NeuralHash machine-learning model, not a fake that produces random data indistinguishable from a non-matching photo, is running on everyone's devices.

So I'd say the odds of them loosening their grip here are pretty slim.

Details on that technology https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/CSAM_Detection_Techni...

The EU is pretty resistant to Apple bullcrap. They will order Apple to switch to server-side scanning on unlocked devices.

The client will just never send the images, if someone writing it doesn't wants that.

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