[unionpivo]

This is worse.

If they ban encryption tech sector will kick up enough noise that even non tech people will at least notice.

This way, it essentially opens a backdoor. Changing this from scanning hashes of pictures stored locally, to scanning for arbitrary things stored locally probably is not monumental task ( next in line probably hate speech ).

And once you have that capability it's hard to argue to governments that you cant let them scan the content of either particular phone, or all of the phones, for whatever they want, which could be: .*

This way, the message to non techies will be, we are protecting children, but bunch of online weirdos and maybe pedophiles don't want us too.

[hef19898]

I'd say next in line would be stuff oppressive governments don't like. Winnie the Puuh might be front runner along with men standing shirtless in front of tanks.

[unionpivo]

Everything sold in China, already has that.

Remember ICloud is operated by Chinese company in china.

[hef19898]

And we all now that these governments stop carrying about their citizens at the border. Not.

[zepto]

Are you claiming that China will force Apple to scan the phones of US citizens now?

[hef19898]

Not necessarily, but I jave no reason to believe China, Saudi, Turkey, the UAE or other countries with some kind of leverage won't try. Especially with their own citizens living abroad.

[zepto]

I’m sure they will try, but I don’t see how this mechanism will help them.