Apple will scan local storage photos on iPhones for child abuse images
13 points by lancemurdock 3 years ago | 21 comments- lancemurdock 3 years agoAs a company, Apple is obviously free to do whatever they please with their products.
As a self marketed "privacy" company. What a joke.
- josh_today 3 years agoI’m all for free markets but tired of that “private company” argument.
Most of humanity’s life essences are “stored” on private company clouds.
It’s 2021, we need new laws for a new world.
- lancemurdock 3 years ago1 million percent. Have 0 faith it ever happens when looking at the average age of congress. Of course I doubt they even care
- lancemurdock 3 years ago
- sam_lowry_ 3 years agoTheir products? I thought I bought one. Isn't it mine, now?
- akmarinov 3 years agoNope, you bought a license to use iOS.
- akmarinov 3 years ago
- ASalazarMX 3 years agoFrom time to time Apple picks a small idea and aggressively markets it. It usually goes well and hijacks that common concept with marketing. The last time it failed was "COURAGE", but "PRIVACY" is a though thing to sell too.
- josh_today 3 years ago
- readonthegoapp 3 years agoApple has gone full Q.
I think there is at least one truism about people/orgs who all of a sudden decide they want to do something about kiddie porn -- they're either involved in it directly, they want to be, or they're trying to hide/distract from something abominable.
- smitty1e 3 years agoThe sudden appearance of unspeakable photos on the phones of completely innocent dissidents will never, ever occur.
- allears 3 years agoWhat could possibly go wrong?
- smitty1e 3 years agoHow would you like the report formatted?
- smitty1e 3 years ago
- underseacables 3 years agoLengthy ongoing discussions here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28075021
- lancemurdock 3 years agoah shoot I swear I looked before posting. Obviously not hard enough
- lancemurdock 3 years ago
- bastard_op 3 years agoNext up, Apple scans for cock pics. Android usage doubles next day.
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- returnInfinity 3 years agoSlippery slope
- mam3 3 years agoThe only people who will complain are either pedophiles, or people who value their "privacy" over children ' life
You can downvote but you still choose between one or the other
- davesmylie 3 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
Or did you miss the sarcasm tag?
- stuaxo 3 years agoI guess the issue is this could be used to track any kind of image, from dissidents a government doesn't like and wants to pick up to anything else.
- ASalazarMX 3 years agoWould you upload your pictures for us, so you can demonstrate how you don't value your "privacy over children", whatever that meant?
- mam3 3 years agoMe not uploading my picture doesnt lead to children being abused
- mam3 3 years ago
- ndkwj 3 years agoI know this is a troll comment, but yes, I value my privacy over the lives of children I don't know.
- mam3 3 years agoThat was not 100% a troll comment. Barely 0%. I really think apple is doing a good thing
- mam3 3 years ago
- davesmylie 3 years ago