Apple's search for child abuse imagery raises serious privacy concerns

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Secrecy, privacy, security, intrusion

While the reason for scanning user content on Apple devices may be justified, it sets a precedence potentially allowing them to scan anything they believe is objectionable… and raises a question if who owns the device and information stored on them…should such scans only be done lawfully at request of enforcement agencies rather than decisions made by big tech? Google and Facebook are similar in taking on their own regulator type roll where they block whole user accounts based on information …