1. Apple has only stated a commitment to protecting user privacy to the extent it is legal. They make a lot of suspicious operational changes to how they operate in China, for example. Their opposition to the FBI case was because they believed the request placed on them was illegal.
2. This article only provides evidence to say Apple will scan photos you upload into iCloud. Scanning local photos is your speculation.
3. The operation of NCMEC and the blacklist is defined by the Federal government. American (citizens) have some mechanism to oppose this design. Apple could perhaps lobby against it, but their lobbying operations are famously minimal.
4. In principle, Apple could do anything. That doesn’t really inform what they’re likely to do. Just like in principle, anyone could slip a malicious content scanning patch into the Linux kernel (and this already has a POC!).
2. This article only provides evidence to say Apple will scan photos you upload into iCloud. Scanning local photos is your speculation.
3. The operation of NCMEC and the blacklist is defined by the Federal government. American (citizens) have some mechanism to oppose this design. Apple could perhaps lobby against it, but their lobbying operations are famously minimal.
4. In principle, Apple could do anything. That doesn’t really inform what they’re likely to do. Just like in principle, anyone could slip a malicious content scanning patch into the Linux kernel (and this already has a POC!).
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