Titled “Enhanced Visual Search,” this toggle permits iPhones to transmit photo data to Apple by default, raising concerns about user privacy and data-sharing practices.

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    4 days ago

    I mean, Apple is one of the companies that volunteered to the current optional version of ChatControl. They are already sending your messages and photos to EU to scan for “illegal” content.

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        3 days ago

        Tbh I’m not sure, I vaguely remember that hashes did play a role in how chatcontrol works, but I think it wasn’t looking just for 1:1 match of known illegal content, but also for some signs? I remember reading that it had awfully high false-positive rate, which someone has to check. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/

        According to the Swiss Federal Police, 80% of the reports they receive (usually based on the method of hashing) are criminally irrelevant. Similarly in Ireland only 20% of NCMEC reports received in 2020 were confirmed as actual “child abuse material”.