> developers at Apple will still know that the system is being used for something other than CSAM.
Will the next generation's developers call them out for that? Or will they be given justification to accept it?
We're inching towards 1984 with these big tech monopolies. It was one thing for Snowden to reveal the secret agreements the government imposes upon tech companies. It's entirely another for privately run businesses to capitulate, and thus excuse politicians from needing to make intelligence-gathering a public issue.
Whatever backroom discussions are occuring about this topic need to come into public view. This just doesn't make sense on the surface. The government can't have access to secretly monitor everything on the internet. It's too much power for too few, ripe for abuse by bad actors, etc. There must be another way that involves an informed citizenry. I don't care how uninformed we've shown ourselves to be in the last decade. We should press forward on informing regardless.
Will the next generation's developers call them out for that? Or will they be given justification to accept it?
We're inching towards 1984 with these big tech monopolies. It was one thing for Snowden to reveal the secret agreements the government imposes upon tech companies. It's entirely another for privately run businesses to capitulate, and thus excuse politicians from needing to make intelligence-gathering a public issue.
Whatever backroom discussions are occuring about this topic need to come into public view. This just doesn't make sense on the surface. The government can't have access to secretly monitor everything on the internet. It's too much power for too few, ripe for abuse by bad actors, etc. There must be another way that involves an informed citizenry. I don't care how uninformed we've shown ourselves to be in the last decade. We should press forward on informing regardless.