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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple accused of underreporting suspected CSAM on its platforms
Date: 23 Jul 2024 17:55:55 GMT
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On 2024-07-23, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Am 23.07.24 um 13:31 schrieb Chris:
>>
>>> After being a bit skeptical of Apple's solution, I realised it was a
>>> pretty good and pragmatic balance between respecting people's
>>> privacy and protecting vulnerable people. I was disappointed that
>>> the angry "muh freedom" brigade scuppered it.
>> 
>> It was neither a good nor an acceptable solution. This being the
>> reason why Apple decided against it in the end.
>
> It was sunk by reactionary know-it-alls. If anyone bothered looked at
> the technology - which Apple published openly - they would have seen
> it was pretty elegant and privacy preserving. 

It still allowed for privacy invasion with false positives - and that's
the point. 

> It could have been a really good tool to protect children, but no,
> people's non-rights were more important. 

Apple's proposal was to match personal photos with *known* CSAM images.
It would do nothing to detect *new* CSAM images. And it could not
prevent false positive matches. 

Everyone on this planet should have a right to basic privacy. 

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JR