iCloud was convenient and I was even paying for it, but when the "we will scan your photos and snitch on you" debacle I started backing up my photos at home and removed all my spreadsheets from iCloud (who knows what crappy software can interpret as CSAM).
This will go a long way into restoring my trust on Apple. Yet, I can't help but notice that the "we will scan your photos and snitch on you" workflow they published then is still compatible with enhanced iCloud security. Hell, they can always send a command to the photo's app in your phone to upload all your photos straight to FBI's servers. So in this case technology is like 50% of the trust, the other 50% is sheer commitment to customers and that was tainted by that episode.
Sorry mate but you have no idea how anything works. Literally every photo hosting service on the internet will scan your photos against an abuse list and work with LE - otherwise they get to become the “cp-friendly” hoster.
When apple released client-side scanning (which only ever applies to photos uploaded to iCloud Photos) the only thing that changed was now the scanning takes place on your device where you have transparency and ability to see what hashes are checked. The folks paying attention knew what this was - Apple redesigning a workflow to make LE cool with e2e encrypted photos. You read some false outrage articles and are now somehow still upset at a company doing work that is currently in your best interest. Baffling.
I'm baffled how people can be so okay with letting their whole device being scanned always. I don't want it to be scanned no matter what the intention is, it's not the phone or Apple's business. Device ownership and to decide for my own what the device is doing with MY data is my liberty. If you want your device to scan your data always is maybe cool with you. But not cool with me.
I've read all the technical documentation too. However who says that the mechanism is implemented like intended forever? Maybe Apple or (local) law will change and voila: Your device scan report is reported to Apple and authorities because it is anyway already in place on your device.
>Sorry mate but you have no idea how anything works.
>The folks paying attention knew what this was - Apple redesigning a workflow to make LE cool with e2e encrypted photos.
They have just canceled this spyware wholesale,[0] ivalidating your entire point. Interesting how Apple fans can come up with a thousand ways to justify being spied on and then call anyone who points it out cluless.
> In a second victory for privacy advocates, Apple said it was dropping a plan to scan user photos for child sex abuse images. The company had paused that plan shortly after its announcement last year, as security experts argued that it would intrude on user’s device privacy and be subject to abuse.
This will go a long way into restoring my trust on Apple. Yet, I can't help but notice that the "we will scan your photos and snitch on you" workflow they published then is still compatible with enhanced iCloud security. Hell, they can always send a command to the photo's app in your phone to upload all your photos straight to FBI's servers. So in this case technology is like 50% of the trust, the other 50% is sheer commitment to customers and that was tainted by that episode.