> This invasive capability on the device level is a massive intrusion on everyone's privacy
I am a user uploading a photo to the cloud.
Google's servers scan photos after they are uploaded to the cloud, and have done so for the past decade.
>a man [was] arrested on child pornography charges, after Google tipped off authorities about illegal images found in the Houston suspect's Gmail account
I am a user uploading a photo to the cloud.
Google's servers scan photos after they are uploaded to the cloud, and have done so for the past decade.
>a man [was] arrested on child pornography charges, after Google tipped off authorities about illegal images found in the Houston suspect's Gmail account
https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/06/why-the-gmail-scan-that-le...
Apple wants the device to scan the photo before it is uploaded to the cloud.
Both are equally invasive and both can only be avoided by refusing to use the cloud.