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by dns_snek 1364 days ago
> We're happy with this but not happy with the other?

One carries the risk of not finding a photo you're looking for.

The other carries the risk of a possibly life-ruining criminal investigations being opened against you.

This is a new surveillance vector that explicitly gives your phone the required functionality to report any flagged content on your device directly to the authorities, something that is clearly a slippery slope with questionable effectiveness at best. I'm not sure how you can compare it to strictly local face recognition AI.