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Glad to hear Apple has killed its plans to implement privacy-destroying on-device scan and snitch into its devices (although it will make autocrats like Erdoğan unhappy to hear it because they likely had plans for it).
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiative-letter/
Here’s what I wrote about it at the time:
Remember that end-to-end encryption is moot if the ends are already compromised.
WIRED · Apple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy
@aral I don’t suppose there’s any chance this means better blocker makes a comeback?
Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al
@mez Sadly, no.
It was always going to be a stopgap. All my energy is going into building the Small Web. That’s a real alternative instead of a bandaid.