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		cblconfederate on Aug 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s Mistake ok i thought we were talking about "scanning for CSAM images". I dont understand why we derailed to different image identification techniques. The point is, whatever apple is doing on the phone could be done exactly in their icloud servers

rjakobsson on Aug 9, 2021 [–]

I believe the difference is that on device they can do it prior to encrypting the image. On the cloud it is encrypted.

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