If they only intended to scan iCloud photos, then they would’ve done it on the server (since they have encryption keys) instead of installing spyware on everybody’s iPhone. If they had done that then there would’ve been little to no outrage since people wouldn’t need to worry as they could just turn off iCloud.
What do you think will happen when e.g. the Chinese government demand that they scan all photos for hashes provided by the government, upload them regardless of whether iCloud is enabled, and let a Chinese company handle the reviews? If they couldn’t stop the CCP from gaining full control of iCloud in China then they most definitely can’t prevent this either.. and other authoritarian governments will copy the CCP and make similar demands.
Makes zero sense. Installing spyware and compromising everybody’s iPhone does a million times more harm than whatever governments can achieve with complete access to people’s iCloud account. At least before we could protect our privacy by turning off all iCloud sync, but now your only option is to switch away from iOS.
What do you think will happen when e.g. the Chinese government demand that they scan all photos for hashes provided by the government, upload them regardless of whether iCloud is enabled, and let a Chinese company handle the reviews? If they couldn’t stop the CCP from gaining full control of iCloud in China then they most definitely can’t prevent this either.. and other authoritarian governments will copy the CCP and make similar demands.