Scanning in the cloud can be just as problematic.
Google is not just scanning for known examples of kiddie porn, they are scanning for images of naked children, and reporting parents to the police.
for instance, they tried to get a parent arrested for using their Android phone to get medical assistance for their child during lockdown.
>With help from the photos, the doctor diagnosed the issue and prescribed antibiotics, which quickly cleared it up. But the episode left Mark with a much larger problem, one that would cost him more than a decade of contacts, emails and photos, and make him the target of a police investigation.
“I knew that these companies were watching and that privacy is not what we would hope it to be,” Mark said. “But I haven’t done anything wrong.”
The police agreed. Google did not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...
Google is not just scanning for known examples of kiddie porn, they are scanning for images of naked children, and reporting parents to the police.
for instance, they tried to get a parent arrested for using their Android phone to get medical assistance for their child during lockdown.
>With help from the photos, the doctor diagnosed the issue and prescribed antibiotics, which quickly cleared it up. But the episode left Mark with a much larger problem, one that would cost him more than a decade of contacts, emails and photos, and make him the target of a police investigation.
“I knew that these companies were watching and that privacy is not what we would hope it to be,” Mark said. “But I haven’t done anything wrong.”
The police agreed. Google did not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...