[cassalian]

There's been a lot of question about the motivation for this feature. Am I the only one that thinks this could be related to things like the EARN IT (or something similar).

Here's an article from a year ago on EARN IT:

> Theoretically, a system that uses client-side scanning could still send messages encrypted end to end, and so the Leahy amendment would not offer any protection, but many of the same confidentiality concerns with backdoored “e2ee” systems would continue to apply.

Source: https://cdt.org/insights/the-new-earn-it-act-still-threatens...

[EricE]

Sensitizing people to the idea that a benevolent dictator is going through content on their local device for their benefit.

It's all about conditioning. First it's to save the children. Then it will be about preventing the terrorists. Finally it will be about preventing "hate speech" - which these days hate speech is pretty much speech from anyone you disagree with :p

Like the 1984 novel, Minority Report wasn't an instruction manual!