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The irony is that the Apple CSAM detection system was as good as we could make it at the time, with multiple steps to protect people from accidental positives.
But, as usual, I think I was the only one who actually read the paper and didn’t go “REEEE muh privacy!!!” after seeing the headline.
Did you also read the difference in how Apple was trying to go about it and how literally everyone else was going about it?
Apple wanted to scan your files on your device, which is a huge privacy issue and a huge slippery slope (and a backdoor built in).
The entire industry scans files when they are off your private device and on their own personal computers. So your privacy is protected here, and no backdoor built in.
Apple just had a fit and declared that if they can't backdoor and scan your files on your own device then they just won't try anything, even the most basics. They could just follow the lead of anyone else and scan iCloud files, but they refuse to do that. That was the difference.
I'm amazed it's taken so long... I think I'm on my third Android phone since they first announced it and I said "fuck no".