[ashildr]

But photos.app scanning for kittens on device is not creepy somehow? Interesting.

[lucb1e]

Computers do a lot of if-then.

If it detects cat pictures, what evil thing is it going to do? Label it as a photo of a pet (I don't even know, I don't use a scanning phone)?

If it detects nudity, what kind of unwanted behavior might it exhibit then, report to legal guardians? Not the picture itself but even just that the device is being used for that.

I can see how this scanning+warning is more creepy than scanning+labeling cat pictures, even if the information screen tells you it was just used for this warning screen.

[Clent]

Your issue is of trust.

Do you use an Apple device? I can see why non-Apple users lack trust.

Apple would be eviscerated if they were doing more than they claimed.

Other devices makers are excused for poor behavior. Often with the tech-bro response that is some flavor of "install a custom OS, bro!"

[lucb1e]

Not only trust, also just knowing what the system does above board. The documentation can say exactly what it does, but who reads that? At least not until they get a "hey that's an interesting pic you took there" pop up