On 2021-08-08, Calum <
com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:
On 07/08/2021 22:01, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2021-08-07, Jim_Higgins <gordian240@hotmail.com> wrote:
Gullible idiots like you will fall for anything that fits your skewed
world view.
Facebook / WhatsApp has already been scanning their users' photos with
the same PhotoDNA database for *decades* now.
They have, but in a different, "more secure" way... at least according
to them.
<https://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-head-slams-apple-iphone-scanning-for-child-abuse-images-2021-8?r=US&IR=T>
Bullshit. He said no such thing. In fact, the words "more secure" aren't
even mentioned in that article or his lame tweet.
He also said the Apple software would allow access to "scan all of a
user's private photos on your phone — even photos you haven't shared
with anyone." which is a blatant lie. Only photos being transferred to
Apple servers are examined.
Nice try. No cigar. Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, and a slew of others
have been using the same PhotoDNS system to monitor their users photos
for many years without a peep from people, and only now that Apple has announced they are doing it too is there a major "outcry". Hypocrisy at
its finest on display.
And the fact is the way Apple is doing this actually preserves the
privacy of people who are not in violation better than Facebook,
WhatsApp, Google, and others, because:
* only photos uploaded or transferred to Apple’s iCloud servers are
examined; they are examined by generating a hash of the photo and
comparing that hash to a list of hashes of known child sexual abuse
photos
* only those hashes that match the hashes of known child sexual abuse
photos are flagged as potential violations by generating encrypted
safety vouchers containing metadata and visual derivatives of matched
photos
* Apple employees know absolutely nothing about images that are not
uploaded or transferred to Apple servers — nor do they know anything
about photos that do not match hashes of known child sexual abuse
photos
* the risk of the system incorrectly flagging an account is an extremely
low (1 in 1 trillion) probability of incorrectly flagging a given
account
* only accounts with safety vouchers that exceed a threshold of multiple
matches are able to be reviewed by Apple employees - until the
threshold is exceeded, the encrypted vouchers cannot be viewed by
anyone
* end users cannot access or view the database of known child sexual
abuse photos - nor can they identify which images were flagged
* only photos that were reviewed and verified to be child sexual abuse
are forwarded to authorities
Apple customers who are concerned by this system can opt out by
refraining from uploading photos to iCloud (by disabling iCloud Photos,
My Photo Stream, and iMessage). Since these are all optional services,
this is very easy to do.
Claims stating that Apple is supposedly scanning your entire device 24/7
are unfounded.
Claims that Apple is scanning every single photo on your device are also unfounded.
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