On: Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption...

[josephcsible]

If Apple has the ability to decrypt my photos on their servers, why do I care whether or not they actually do so today? Either way, the government could hand them a FISA warrant for them all tomorrow.

[judge2020 → josephcsible]

If photos become E2EE, then Apple can no longer turn over said photos, while still not completely turning down their CSAM scanning obligations.

[dustyharddrive → judge2020]

That’s an interesting way to look at it. Funny how this news can be interpreted as both signaling Apple’s interest in E2EE iCloud Photos or weaking their overall privacy stance.

[judge2020 → dustyharddrive]

My issue with my own statement is that we have yet to see plans for E2EE Photos with this in place - if apple had laid out this as their intention on apple.com/child-safety/ it would have been clear-cut.

[randyrand → judge2020]

If everything is E2EE, I don’t see how they can have any scanning obligations.

Google drive does not scan for child porn if the user uploads a user encrypted file. They literally can’t.

Personally, I don’t think E2EE photos is coming.