[samrolken]

> If the system detects any matches

This part isn’t true. Unless a threshold of multiple matches is reached, Apple won’t have a complete key to decrypt anything.

[withinboredom]

I think this is being a bit pedantic. If they can slide one on your device, they can slide 100

[ribit]

This is already a thing today. Most major could providers perform server-side scanning, so if a nefarious party can smuggle problematic photos onto your cloud, you have the same problem.

To make it perfectly clear: I am absolutely agains this scanning system, but I think that we need to keep to high-quality arguments to successfully argue agains it.