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This is still not Apple explicitly saying “you can completely turn off local hashing of your photos.” The “system” and “this feature” are intentionally vague descriptors. Don’t connect the dots for them! Make them say it on the record. — PolitiTweet.org

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@asthompson @SnazzyQ No, I literally mean that news scale creates enough revenue to subsidize investigative reporting. Reminder that this started bc I said I was a brick wall ;) — PolitiTweet.org

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@asthompson @SnazzyQ One thing pays for the other, my friend — PolitiTweet.org

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@nattgarun Wait this rules? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Mike_Wuerthele @turntablesturn Where is that documented? — PolitiTweet.org

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@stephenrobles It is problem that we do not know! — PolitiTweet.org

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@StijnDV Think about what an intense switching cost not using iCloud with a modern iPhone is — PolitiTweet.org

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You haven’t lived until Spotify PR has called to threaten your reporter over this headline! https://t.co/c999FXVYWv — PolitiTweet.org

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I wonder what podcast someone fitting this description would get this exact idea from https://t.co/Px5flLraYj https://t.co/c6sIADRRUU — PolitiTweet.org

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@zachthemack Oh man, feel better soon — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpartanGA @backlon Everything from CSAM to copyright infringement to terrorism material. You’d be surprised — PolitiTweet.org

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@DJStarBust Not that one ;) — PolitiTweet.org

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Lol https://t.co/iX3w9Q2FLx — PolitiTweet.org

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This is still one of my favorite @joshdzieza stories https://t.co/N2ArN7e91I — PolitiTweet.org

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Still no promised update or correction from from Foxconn about our story that exposed this silliness in April 2019 — PolitiTweet.org

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@reneritchie @Alticus The hash is generated on-device — PolitiTweet.org

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@etchalon @thomholwerda That’s not the bad thing. The bad thing is building a mechanism to tell the cops about what’s on your phone — PolitiTweet.org

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@hasbil80 @krztohoia In this case the phone is scanning everything in your photos locally. No key required. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just to back this out farther: Apple already scans iCloud. If they had said “we are now scanning iCloud Photos for CSAM” they would have just matched the rest of the industry. Avoiding that with a complicated local scanning and hashing system created new risks entirely. https://t.co/RC5cgManyJ — PolitiTweet.org

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@thomholwerda I didn’t say I was supportive of anything. Overall we do our best to understand the tradeoffs of new things; I think most people understand the tradeoff of scanning cloud services. Apple chose a different approach here with very complicated new tradeoffs — PolitiTweet.org

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@bergmayer @blakereid Right. The big question is whether Apple decides to encrypt iCloud, making systems like this more important and central. I think that would be bad; I'd rather have more scanning in the cloud, which is a clear and obvious consumer expectation. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hasbil80 Well. New local scanning of your private data on the phone, which might be shared with the cops in the future if Apple changes its policies. It's absolutely correct to be concerned here — PolitiTweet.org

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@blakereid I agree! I just think the easier cave was to do the scanning in the cloud, full stop. They instead built this other system — PolitiTweet.org

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@ideafaktory I mean, that isn't how it works, but ok — PolitiTweet.org

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Really seems like Apple tried to protect customer data in the cloud by scanning for illegal material locally on the phone, thereby creating a new kind of risk for customer data on the phone. — PolitiTweet.org

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Vergecast fans best fans — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a terrific — but decades-overdue — service for regular people trying to figure out what carrier is best for them — PolitiTweet.org

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@ibeerstssel No — PolitiTweet.org

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@the_real_tman_ We’re always complaining! We pay money for these things! — PolitiTweet.org

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@cgartenberg It’s like this whole thing is run by a phone company! — PolitiTweet.org