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Apple will scan local storage photos on iPhones for child abuse images

by lancemurdock on 8/5/21, 6:39 PM with 21 comments

• by lancemurdock on 8/5/21, 6:48 PM

  As a company, Apple is obviously free to do whatever they please with their products.

  As a self marketed "privacy" company. What a joke.

• by readonthegoapp on 8/6/21, 7:27 AM

  Apple has gone full Q.

  I think there is at least one truism about people/orgs who all of a sudden decide they want to do something about kiddie porn -- they're either involved in it directly, they want to be, or they're trying to hide/distract from something abominable.

• by smitty1e on 8/6/21, 8:03 AM

  The sudden appearance of unspeakable photos on the phones of completely innocent dissidents will never, ever occur.

• by allears on 8/5/21, 6:41 PM

  What could possibly go wrong?

• by underseacables on 8/5/21, 6:58 PM

  Lengthy ongoing discussions here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28075021

• by bastard_op on 8/5/21, 7:05 PM

  Next up, Apple scans for cock pics. Android usage doubles next day.

• by returnInfinity on 8/5/21, 6:56 PM

  Slippery slope

• by mam3 on 8/5/21, 6:59 PM

  The only people who will complain are either pedophiles, or people who value their "privacy" over children ' life

  You can downvote but you still choose between one or the other