Apple's statement is the death knell for the idea that it's possible to scan everyone's comms AND preserve privacy.

Apple has many of the best cryptographers + software eng on earth + infinite $.

If they can't, no one can. (They can't. No one can.)

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiative-letter/

Apple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy

Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.

WIRED
@Mer__edith the idea that because you built a thing you must be able to build it differently is odd, but seems even more prevalent when it comes to technology. I doubt the same folks would say to IKEA: "It is their responsibility to design a safe, privacy-forward environment that allows for the detection of known child sexual abuse images and videos. For as long as people can still share and store a known image of a child being raped in a Billy bookshelf we will demand that they do better.”
@Mer__edith it's that weird dichotomy about tech: it's scary because it can do anything (to me) / it's magical because it can do anything (for me, or to others). Which only works as long as you don't understand how things work.