When the general sentiment of the average Dave is ‘encryption === bad’ this BS will rear its head again.
Seems to have been the standard play for governments of this country for decades now.
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiat...
Heat initiative is basically non existent on Google. Not much of said about how they're funded or who is apart of it
Their website is protectchildrennotabuse.org
Has a CEO with experience in running charitable orgs
They're explicitly focused on client side scanning and reporting on the iPhone.
Honestly if you're reading this archive the website and I think that's a smoking gun
Archived http://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://protectch...
All this and they're solely focused on a small corner case of 1 business and somehow their google presence is just not there.
I'll briefly summarize the back and forth heat had with apple, condensing it makes the weirdness really shine through:
Heat Initiative: "Listen up! We DEMAND that the private data of iCloud users be made accessible for CSAM scans. You are to remove it all. The guilty must be punished." Apple: "woah, slow down. We already decided against policing iCloud like that, it'd get way too Orwellian way too fast. We can use on-device Communication Safety systems to make our environment safer while respecting privacy. With features such as detection of potential nudity, we can start cutting off CSAM images and video at the source and work to prevent abuse in the first place." Heat Initiative: "apple, you make stupid money off anything you touch, you employ geniuses, you have responsibility to design a safe, privacy-forward environment that allows for the detection of known child sexual abuse images and video. Also, we really, really demand scanning iCloud." Apple: "did you just ignore what I just said or is there some deeper issue like not knowing words good. this obsession you have with scanning iCloud makes me suspect you have ulterior motives. Heat Initiative: "It's not that I ignored you, I just don't really care about this shit and can't keep up this farce. Either you let the government access iCloud or we'll say you're running 'instagram for kiddy rapists.' we will destroy you." Apple: "yeah, this conversation is over."
Something like that.
Most of the people I talk to are brainwashed anyway and will happily accept it - just give it time. The discussions over privacy always end-up with something like "I have nothing to hide anyway".
People who make that argument should be forced to have high def webcams installed in their bedrooms and bathrooms.
Guaranteed not 1 person will take you up on that.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/01/19/uk-has-voyeuristic-new-p...
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/revealed-u...
All about saving the children. From everybody except Prince Andrew, it seems.
I think this is too often not understood or forgotten.
News cycle perpetuates bitcoin == bad so everyone you know just repeats "scam" and points to criminals.
Meanwhile the largest institutions and richest people are investing heavily due to its revolutionary nature. Just look at all the ETFs coming out (Blackrock, Fidelity, etc).
Once they are fully setup you'll see the news cycle change sentiment. Rinse, repeat, with any technology.
Is that why are they investing? Do investors care if it's revolutionary or that they just get high returns?
E.g. a lot of "coins" have promised high returns that were obviously not sustainable.
Bitcoin is bad.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day....
That would depend on how it's broken.
A broken clock can be right twice a day
Transaction costs are too high to be useful medium of exchange
The waste it generates, as its central operation to have artificial scarcity is definitely bad.
Bitcoin is very bad