I've tried hard to see this from Apple's point of view. But inescapably, this is government spyware installed by Apple based on a presumption of guilt. Though Apple wrote the code, its function is to scan personal data and report it to government.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-different-about-encryption-opens-backdoor-your-private-life …
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This is entirely different from a content moderation system on a public forum or social medium. Before the operator choses to host the data publicly, they can scan it for whatever they don't want to host. But this is peoples' private data.
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Apple's dark patterns that turn iCloud uploads on by default, and flip it back on when moving to a new phone or switching accounts, exacerbate the problem. Further, in many contexts Apple has forced people to accumulate unwanted data, as with mandatory iCloud email accounts.
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Though Apple has since changed the signup flow, many were forced to take at-icloud-dot-com email accounts that can't be deleted without losing everything ever purchased in the Apple ecosystem. That's iCloud, so will presumably be monitored by police.https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-delete-icloud-email-account-permanently-4584831 …
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
The ever-changing nature of Apple's EULAs is a very important legal issue, in my opinion, and if you don't mind me saying so, a reason I was very disappointed Epic's lawyers didn't press any Eastman Kodak points in the lawsuit :( It is a big missed opportunity, IMO.
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(I've been super busy lately, so I haven't read the entire trial transcript yet, just the filings, so I apologize if actually they did somewhere and I just missed it.)
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