I personally think there are pretty clear answers in terms of the technology. Apple is violating privacy. To what degree is debatable, but, I generally disagree with Alex here. He’s not making the stronger argument compared to privacy advocates here. Yes there is nuance. Yes we must operate with a high degree of empathy for victims of abuse. No one doubts or downplays that IMO. But comments right here in this thread hit the core of it. Would something like this ever be acceptable on a laptop? I get a choice because it’s my computer. I don’t want this. It’s violating my privacy and Apple has eliminated my ability to decide. They basically positioned this as the obvious and safe choice and anyone against them is a “screeching minority”, even though they knew this would be controversial. Alex is operating in good faith, but I think he’s in to deep on trying to bring nuance to an issue where his argument is simply the less principled one. It’s becoming a situation where if you care about privacy you simply can’t use a smart phone (I know there are options, but none of them are close to an iPhone).