[SSchick]

This suit seems to be in bad-faith.

Apple actively pursuited this tech but that backlash from the general population due to privacy concerns was simply too high, so they made a business decision to respect peoples privacy (and their bottom line at that).

I feel for the victims of child abuse but forcing device manufacturers to monitor everyone without warrant is an enormous violation of privacy.

[CharlesW]

> …so they made a business decision to respect peoples privacy (and their bottom line at that).

For the record, Apple abandoned this on-device technique because of bad press, even though it would've been more privacy-preserving than the in-cloud scanning that virtually all image hosts do today.

[rangestransform]

How about the device I own never do anything, ever to incriminate me

In fact, if I own a device, it should by default do everything legal to obstruct law enforcement efforts against me because I own it and it should serve me

[JoshTriplett]

> even though it would've been more privacy-preserving than the in-cloud scanning that virtually all image hosts do today

You can opt out of in-cloud scanning by not using the cloud, or selecting a different service.

[CharlesW]

That would have still been true, since photos not destined for iCloud Photos were not scanned.

[JoshTriplett]

There is no fundamental property of the technology that ensures that. Once the capability exists, how long do you think that'd stay true?

[CharlesW]

It exists now, since the tech was repurposed for Apple’s Communication Safety (scanning for all nudity, not just CSAM): https://www.apple.com/child-safety/

How do you validate that your OS, your apps, and other actors in your image/video processing and storage supply chains aren't doing surreptitious CSAM scanning? I have no idea. All I know is that Apple is being sued for not doing it.

[palata]

> All I know is that Apple is being sued for not doing it.

Which doesn't make sense.

> How do you validate that your OS, your apps, and other actors in your image/video processing and storage supply chains aren't doing [...]

Because you don't know that your neighbour deals drugs does not make it legal.