> that a tool designed to stop the spread of CSAM is a "bad thing"
It's certainly said to be designed to do it, but have you seen concerns raised in the other thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28068741)? There have been reports from some commenters of the NCMEC database containing unobjectionable photos because they were merely found in a context alongside some CSAM.
Who audits these databases? Where is the oversight to guarantee only appropriate content is included? They are famously opaque because the very viewing of the content is illegal. So how can we know that they contain what they are purported to contain?
It's certainly said to be designed to do it, but have you seen concerns raised in the other thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28068741)? There have been reports from some commenters of the NCMEC database containing unobjectionable photos because they were merely found in a context alongside some CSAM.
Who audits these databases? Where is the oversight to guarantee only appropriate content is included? They are famously opaque because the very viewing of the content is illegal. So how can we know that they contain what they are purported to contain?
This is overreach.