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by nomel 1601 days ago
> Only the ones your device intends to send to iCloud.

From a practical perspective, for most everyone, "intending to send" and "on iCloud" is probably a 300ms delta in time.
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dijit 1600 days ago
It’s a capability problem. Once they scan files that are due to be uploaded it’s not very difficult to just.. scan all files.

It’s the motte and bailey.

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nomel 1600 days ago
I don't understand "capability". Surely you realize the capability is already there. Scanning an image and sending a "bad detected" message is absolutely trivial. The image classification algorithms that run locally, used for categorical search (like "dogs") are already there.
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dijit 1596 days ago
When I say capability I mean the functionality currently exists to do that, it’s implemented and functioning, and the evidence for it existing is not a surprise.

If WhatsApp has the function for Facebook to read messages, then it’s not going to be a surprise when reversing the program to see that code; but if they claim that there is no capability to do that and you discover it then it’s much more damning.

Also; if functionality exists it’s easier to argue for a scope change… much easier than arguing for new functionality to exist.

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smoldesu 1601 days ago
Well, 900ms now that we have to start up a process to scan it before it's sent off.
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