I've been trying to get more clarity on this point (`it goes to manual confirmation`) but was unable to. Remember, they're saying this is something that happens on your own device, with your personal photos, not in the cloud.
Is this saying they can randomly choose to upload any personal files (photos) on your device to their servers for a person to look at, because they match a "hash"? Is this not absolutely batshit crazy !?
You know these are photos you requested to upload to iCloud, which would already under the existing system be scanned once they get there, right? But if they get scanned first and then uploaded to Apple that's "absolutely batshit crazy"??
Edit reply in here because I'm rate-limited by drive-by downvoters:
- That this is only for iCloud photos and not everyone's every photo? "CSAM detection will help Apple provide valuable information to law enforcement on collections of CSAM in iCloud Photos" - https://www.apple.com/child-safety/ paragraph 3.
- Why? From the rest of that link, "providing significant privacy benefits over existing techniques since Apple only learns about users’ photos if they have a collection of known CSAM in their iCloud Photos account. Even in these cases, Apple only learns about images that match known CSAM."
If you use iCloud, this is already happening today, probably.
If you don’t use iCloud, yes, the idea is local scan, match hash, then upload for manual review. The involuntary upload will have been covered by the EULA.
I’m not endorsing the idea. But this seems to be the only way it could work.
Is this saying they can randomly choose to upload any personal files (photos) on your device to their servers for a person to look at, because they match a "hash"? Is this not absolutely batshit crazy !?