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by anonymousiam 1778 days ago
Maybe get the hash database and create a trove of clean documents that force a hash collision and overload the system with false positives. Maybe also add something about the Fourth Amendment in the documents for good measure.
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> get the hash database

Apple designed the system so that their hashes are never known to client devices. Their server is fundamentally involved in checking your hashes against their list.

The article said they get the hashes from some government entity. Perhaps it is available from there.
You mean the NCMEC? They have the hashes, yes, but they won't just give them out.
They do, after signing serveral NDAs. There was an article here few days ago describing the process as a small hosting operator.
You are assuming people will not be marked for life for their false positives
I think the idea is “if everyone is marked for life, no one is”.
When everyone is on a list, it's the people not on a list that will be suspicious.
That's the point!