> I think it can be made as difficult as black box baseband firmware to undermine.
And once we've set the precedent in law that the government gets to force mandatory unauditable features onto all computing devices, what makes you think they'll stop at image scanning? You're basically saying that no Free and Open Source machine should ever be allowed on the internet again.
If it can't be designed properly, then I withdraw the suggestion, but I think it's possible to design something that cannot hide from you the fact of a detection and the questionable content. That is, if they don't stop at image scanning for CSAM then you'll at least know it, even if you can't stop it. Not perfect, but its something.
And once we've set the precedent in law that the government gets to force mandatory unauditable features onto all computing devices, what makes you think they'll stop at image scanning? You're basically saying that no Free and Open Source machine should ever be allowed on the internet again.