Oddbean new post about login | logout @35765361 I have a related question or suggestion. It seems that a "sensitive" topic as reason for scanning has been picked in hope to induce panic and "disable" logical thinking. What if someone posts video where own child has been abused verbally by parent? What if child want send to a friend video where (s)he is being verbally abused by teacher? What if some sadist send "colleague" a video where sadist beats a child, without any sexual context etc?. There are so many situations beyond CSAM!
@ffdda9ce Absolutely! In fact on one occasion, a father was taking photos of his child, for the doctor, to help diagnose a condition. And Google reported him to the police for supposed CSAM! His name was dragged through the mud, all because of this so called #CSAM tech. So many issues with this technology. Just having this tech will chill free expression, speech IMHO. Covered that father taking pics story a bit here https://youtu.be/muxRQa4du-g?si=hVasRHHmY6kHc8hP&t=268
@35765361 Gosh! I just "boiled a random soup" from possible situations, and something of that _already_ happened. People would communicate less online actually, as they will recognize the threat of state watching over shoulder, as more and more of that will happen. May be it is necessary step to reduce that over-dependency on gadgets. May be people will respond by using some "forbidden" software anyway, giving each other paperbooks "samizdat" about programming, compilers & cryptography, and code....
@ffdda9ce Can only imagine how bad it might get if profit seeking companies continue lobbying for this tech in... everything. Like Thorn is doing. Agree with you, people may benefit being less reliant in some situations, especially with the direction legislation is going.