[donohoe]

Are you so sure this isn't already happening on other services you use?

[abstractbarista]

I believe it is happening, which is why I do not upload any unencrypted content to those services.

[dagmx]

In which case, this new change wouldn't affect you anyway, because it only applies to photos uploaded to iCloud.

[cucumb3rrelish]

can you explain why? if you upload a file selectively, where is the issue if its hash is compared to a CSAM database?

[osmarks]

You can't check what's in the database. Someone could extend it to other things.

[cucumb3rrelish]

Isn't this far fetched? There is few things I can think of that would get you into legal trouble but are morally acceptable. Like whistleblowing

[osmarks]

You might be safe now in relatively okay Western countries. Consider the possibility of places like China using these features, or just future Western governments which are worse.