> If the photos are hosted on Google's servers, they have every right to scan whatever they want.
Google is trying to get people arrested because Android backed up their personal photo libraries to Google Photos.
> The day after Mark’s troubles started, the same scenario was playing out in Texas. A toddler in Houston had an infection in his “intimal parts,” wrote his father in an online post that I stumbled upon while reporting out Mark’s story. At the pediatrician’s request, Cassio, who also asked to be identified only by his first name, used an Android to take photos, which were backed up automatically to Google Photos. He then sent them to his wife via Google’s chat service.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...
> Not scanning for CSAM on your own servers isn't a realistic expectation.
Google isn't just scanning for known examples of kiddie porn, they have developed an algorithm that scans for any image of naked children and, as usual, there doesn't seem to be a human in the loop when their algorithm makes a bad call.
Google is trying to get people arrested because Android backed up their personal photo libraries to Google Photos.
> The day after Mark’s troubles started, the same scenario was playing out in Texas. A toddler in Houston had an infection in his “intimal parts,” wrote his father in an online post that I stumbled upon while reporting out Mark’s story. At the pediatrician’s request, Cassio, who also asked to be identified only by his first name, used an Android to take photos, which were backed up automatically to Google Photos. He then sent them to his wife via Google’s chat service.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...
> Not scanning for CSAM on your own servers isn't a realistic expectation.
Google isn't just scanning for known examples of kiddie porn, they have developed an algorithm that scans for any image of naked children and, as usual, there doesn't seem to be a human in the loop when their algorithm makes a bad call.