Re: Apple accused of underreporting suspected CSAM on its platforms

On 2024-07-26, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

On 2024-07-26 09:11, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-07-26, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/07/2024 22:35, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-07-24, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Chris wrote on Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:20:19 -0000 (UTC) :
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The NSPCC should really be complaining at how ineffectual the
tech companies are rather than complain at Apple for not sending
millions of photos to already overwhelmed authorities.

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For all that is in the news stories, it could be ZERO convictions
resulted.
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Think about that.
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Is it worth everyone's loss of privacy for maybe zero gain in
child safety?

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Apple's solution wouldn't have resulted in any additional loss of
privacy

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Actually, Apple could not guarantee that, and there was a non-zero
chance that false positive matches would result in privacy
violations.

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True. The balance of risk was proportionate, however. Much moreso
than the current system.

 
Absolutely. I'm just of the opinion if one innocent person is harmed,
that's one too many. Would you want to be that unlucky innocent
person who has to deal with charges, a potential criminal sexual
violation on your record, and all that comes with it? I certainly
wouldn't.

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Except that Apple's system wouldn't automatically trigger charges.
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An actual human would review the images in question...

And at that point, someone's privacy may be violated. Do you want a
stranger looking at photos of your sick child? What if that stranger
came to the conclusion that those photos are somehow classifiable as
sexual or abusive in some way? Would you want to have to argue your case
in court because of it?

...AND since they were comparing images against KNOWN CSAM, false
positives would naturally be very few to begin with.

Yes, but one is one too many in my book.

Apple was wise to shelve this proposal. And I am happy to see that they
embraced more private features such as the Safe Communication feature
which is done without violating customers' privacy.

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