[ZFH]

"Apple says it will scan only in the United States and other countries to be added one by one, only when images are set to be uploaded to iCloud, and only for images that have been identified by the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children and a small number of other groups."

First reference I read about adding other countries as a done deal, and especially about an incredibly opaque "small number of other groups" being involved as well.

Man, after all they've said about being obsessed with privacy they're really not doing themselves any favors here. What a tragedy.

[BikiniPrince]

The children trope is a really big red herring. Anything to get the foot in the door.

[calvinmorrison]

The 4 horsemen of the Privacy Apocalypse: csam, terrorists, piracy and drugs!

[flixic]

I'd say swap piracy and drugs, and you have the escalation order.