[Dylan16807]

> I still don’t understand the reaction. People get tied up in a knot over this but it is an effective deterrent to child pornography full stop. Even if it rubs you the wrong way to have software fingerprinting your files, I really don’t care if it means placing a deterrent in place against child trafficking.

Most reductions of privacy toward the police would act as an effective deterrent to that crime and other crimes.

Deterring crime is not enough to justify a reduction in privacy.

[DSingularity]

Hypotheticals: What if your platform is causing a growth in the crime rate? What if your platform is enabling new forms of crime and potentially on an unprecedented scale? Is it justified then?

[Dylan16807]

For the first one it depends on how much growth and in what crimes specifically.

For the second one, maybe, but I seriously doubt icloud encryption is going to do that.

Either way, just talking about baselines and percents is a good improvement over just "this would decrease crime". Add in the downsides too and you have yourself a good platform for discussion!