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Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM, But the Judge Was Not Pleased-Amy v. Apple
(blog.ericgoldman.org)
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2026
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Am I the only one that finds it ridiculous, non-E2E encrypted cloud storage isn't protected from mass-scanning (against opaque cryptographic hashes)? Just because one technically could, and "nothing in the law prevents" a provider from doing so, or a legal basis is explicitly being provided (in case of the EU's Chat Control), doesn't mean one should. You're still preemptively scanning private content, and it should be irrelevant whether or not it's encrypted.
I've frequently criticized Apple in the past, but I can't do anything other than praising them for dodging this privacy-nightmare; unlike services provided by the likes of Google or Meta, that actively encourage the use of unencrypted options by default, while happily "volunteering" in case of the EU's Chat Control.