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0 pointsrz2k4y ago0 comments

I think you're implying that scanning of private personal property by a corporation without a warrant protects users from searches of their content in the cloud that is authorized by a warrant or national security letter. I don't understand the mechanism if there isn't end to end encryption, and I don't understand the mechanism if there is end to end encryption.

Scanning makes phones a greater threat, and also erodes the expectation of privacy that is a legal barrier to surveillance.

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simondotau4y ago

I did not intentionally imply anything here, so if anything I wrote appears to include an implied component, that was not intended and may not represent my opinion.

All I'm saying is that the implementation Apple has described would be constitutionally blocked from being co-opted by US law enforcement. Obviously if there's no end-to-end encryption, any cloud operator could still be coerced into searching for material server side, as that falls under the so-called third party doctrine.

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0 pointsrz2k4y ago0 comments

Scanning makes phones a greater threat, and also erodes the expectation of privacy that is a legal barrier to surveillance.

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simondotau4y ago

I did not intentionally imply anything here, so if anything I wrote appears to include an implied component, that was not intended and may not represent my opinion.

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