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Craig Federighi Acknowledges Confusion Around Apple Child Safety Features and Explains New Details About Safeguards
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But a lot of people on Macrumors are against scanning on the device under any circumstances, which must include for their own benefit.
So your view is "scanning on the device is OK if it benefits me". I have no problem with this point of view.
So what I'm hearing is that once I have 30 pictures of my baby, Apple will start looking at them taking baths? No thanks.
I love this new age of "Listen to the science"-people who think that zero evidence proves anything. Apple is testing the waters here. If people were fine with this, maybe they'd also be fine with the next step etc. Don't be naive about this. If there is any business case in massive scale image analysis, this will go to the next step, provided Apple judges the negative consequences of this as manageable. People freaking out about this in unison here will hopefully do a small part in showing Apple what their customers think about this. You may think it's over the top, but it's like maintaining your weight: better start when you are 5 lbs over what you want to be rather than waiting until people make comments.
Wouldn't it be better if people stops, and Apple concentrates in making iPhones instead of spyPhones?
And is there really anyone in the world stupid enough to upload kiddyporn to iCloud?
"Won't somebody think of the children?" is an Appeal to Emotion logical fallacy.
What I did not like in the Federighi statement is the lack of understanding for the concerns. He is only like you don't understand but not like I respect your different view and I see your point or similar. Below the line it did not help Apples position from my view.
They insist on doing it, I insist on nothing is happening on my phone. We will see how this will end? I'd say they will have to move back. This is escalating. Heads might roll.
They insist on doing it, I insist on nothing is happening on my phone. We will see how this will end? I'd say they will have to move back. This is escalating. Heads might roll.
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Or, perhaps, the more you just have to explain to misinformed people what the reality is. Kind of like so much else in life right now.
The phone isn't the real product anymore. The user is. spiPhone
No. You cannot expect or demand privacy when using a third party server. Same it as has always been. This is not really a new concept. If you want privacy use an encrypted local storage. Simple really.
That's part of the "slippery" aspect of the slope
Once you start slipping, good luck stopping
It most certainly is a fallacy. You may pick and choose what is logic if you want. You're still wrong.
You're not getting it. I'm not saying I can PROVE that Apple could not or would not ever abuse this technology (or any others in iOS, macOS, etc.). Obviously no one could ever prove something like that unless they are all-knowing. I'm saying you have no rational basis/evidence to assume or even suspect that they will abuse/misuse this technology. Just about any technology COULD be abused, but that's not a rational basis to promote the elimination of that technology.
Your weight analogy doesn't work, because it assumes there's something off/wrong with what Apple's doing here (like being 5lb. overweight is) without proving so. Now, if some confidential document between Apple and a government agency is leaked and verified as genuine that details plans on how they will use this technology to spy on citizens, THEN you'd have something. Until then, it's all in your imagination.
Sorry, what part am i wrong;
apple is going to use a software method to review my images
if my images = illegal notify government sanctioned organization
therefore my phone becomes a government surveillance device
On the next episode of CRAIG’S LIST (an TV+ Original), watch as he announces that will now be scanning all your outgoing iCloud email for hate speech, since it goes through their servers. Stay tuned!
Breaking the law and child abuse are not "emotional issues" or an appeals to emotion. This is illegal activity we are talking about perpetrated by criminals. We live a civil society and Apple is part of that society. So, sorry, I'm not wrong. The perverts should just use local encrypted storage devices and not infect Apple's servers with such materials.
What you missed is the key section where you uploaded it to Apple's servers which makes them legally responsible to report the images.
I just don't see how Apple will be able to resist complying with laws that governments will inevitable pass requiring them to expand this scanning to other things.
This pretty much says it all:
www.macworld.com
This pretty much says it all:
There's a small crack in the iPhone's foundation. How big will it get?
Apple has made some interesting and difficult choices with its CSAM policy that are worth exploring and debating.
www.macworld.com
No one was demanding it. Apple pushed it as their business model and it's a business model people paid for and increased Apple's bottom line. Stop being foolish please.