Re: Apple accused of underreporting suspected CSAM on its platforms

On 2024-07-29, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

On 2024-07-29 15:11, Chips Loral wrote:

Alan wrote:

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Apple's reporting rate is ZERO, because they're not doing scanning
of images of any kind.

 
After getting caught.
 
You can't seem to get ANYTHING right, Mac-troll:
 
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-communication-safety-messages/

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'A recent thread on Twitter raised concerns that the macOS process
mediaanalysisd, which scans local photos, was secretly sending the
results to an Apple server. This claim was made by a cybersecurity
researcher named Jeffrey Paul. However, after conducting a thorough
analysis of the process, it has been determined that this is not the
case.'
>
<https://pawisoon.medium.com/debunked-the-truth-about-mediaanalysisd-and-apples-access-to-your-local-photos-on-macos-a42215e713d1>
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'The mediaanalysisd process is a background task that starts every
time an image file is previewed in Finder, and then calls an Apple
service.  The process is designed to run machine learning algorithms
to detect objects in photos and make object-based search possible in
the Photos app. It also helps Finder to detect text and QR codes in
photos. Even if a user does not use the Photos app or have an iCloud
account, the process will still run.'
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Apple is not scanning your photos for CSAM

Yup. Jeffrey Paul should be embarrassed and ashamed of himself. He's not
much of a "hacker and security researcher" if he didn't even bother to
learn what the process actually does before making outlandish claims
about it. What a weirdo.

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