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Originally Posted by turtle
To give a bit more context here, it isn't looking for a picture of "Hitler" as much as an exact match of the hash of that file that is known to be a picture of Hitler.
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In the context they are one and the same. Whether the picture or the hash, the system is snooping through all of your photos looking for offending material. It's the definition of that material that concerns me.
Child pornographers should be hung, but sacrificing the privacy of a billion people is not how we get there.
And the
easy out for now: Turn off iCloud photos (which I did the moment Apple confirmed this ridiculous privacy intrusion). I suspect this is more about Apple not wanting these photos on their servers than it is about catching anyone. Because, you know, the smart kid-stalkers are just going to "opt out" by turning off iCloud. It's likely Apple has looked at the cost of fighting future litigation for "hosting" such filth and decided better to piss us all off now than pay the billions required in the future.