[someNameIG]

> Are there options on the table for dealing with this in a freedom-respecting way? Even if freedom were your only priority, the worse the problem gets, the more political capital the politicians have to shut it down. If it gets worse and worse, it strikes me as inevitable that encryption will be curbed, even in the United States.

What Apple was going to do with the on device hashes?

[29083011397778]

This actually makes me think. Apple was only implementing the scanning prior to upload to iCloud, because they don't want to be liable for hosting (in any way, shape, or form) CSAM.

So in my mind, the obvious way out for everyone else is supporting things like Matrix hosting to make it turn-key for normal people. Not a managed service, but their Dendrite server and proper P2P [0] becoming usable. Now I just need to find, test for myself and family, and contribute to, a reasonable photo backup alternative (unless "Get a Synology" / "I picked up a Synology for family" becomes a crowd favourite in some insane universe).

[0] https://arewep2pyet.com/

[orblivion]

In theory, I suppose, but even if it's not diminished freedom, it seems to be a step towards it.