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I am not a Lawyer, but my understanding is:

The wording of the CSAM law is that content should be scanned when uploaded. That condition "upon upload" triggers the 3rd party doctrine.

Apple has gone above and beyond here, not the actual US gov. So, the bill of rights doesn't apply to Apple's decision to scan content on device, just before it is uploaded.

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There is no law that requires providers to scan users private documents, even uploaded.

However, if they do review the material and see child porn they're obligated to report it.

Any chance you have a good link explaining this? I saw the parent comment earlier and wanted to add this. But I only recently learned that the US federal government cannot require or incentivize providers to scan user's private documents, so didn't want to post without clear sources.

It's covered in 18 U.S. Code § 2258A - Reporting requirements of providers

Apple hasn't gone above and beyond anything here. The only way they can save face is laugh at the government and not give into their demands to set up a backdoor tool to scan every iphone user.

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