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  • On-device Apple Intelligence training seems to be based on controversial technology

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    The CSAM detection system preserved user privacy, data encryption, and more

    I suppose this isn’t technically wrong. The data will be encrypted, but when a threshold was met, it would allow the data to be decrypted and reviewed and potentially then sent to authorities.  I had post several comments on this topic.

    Apples CSAM detection is not end to end encrypted, which requires asymmetric keys to ensure that the Sender, and then the Receiver are the only ones privy to the contents.  Introduce any other mechanism to enable review by a Man In The Middle, is essentially a backdoor into the algorithm.

    but as some may say, the scanning was on device, what’s the issue with that?  On device scanning is a very useful tool; it makes finding things easier on your device.  What I do have issue with is the reporting part.  It’s a form surveillance. Of what’s on your device.  Something that should be private.

    Yes, it only scanned when a photo was sent via iCloud and reported when a threshold was met, but that’s written in software, and software can change. So when that reporting gets triggered can change.  Let’s say the government did like the results, and required Apple to be more strict to help find more positive matches?

    The only correct way to think of iCloud with CSAM on device scanning was to view your photos as being in a semi public (eg public) space.

    On device should be private, communication through Apple should be considered semi public (the data would still be encrypted in transit to Apple, but Apple would technically have full access), unless otherwise specified by Apple as being end to end encrypted and verified by a third party (true E2E, not wish it were E2E).

    gatorguyrandominternetperson

  • New Magic Mouse may listen for voice commands

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    xyzzy-xxx said:
    Reminds me of Star Trek IV
    Came here just to say this.

    link for those who don’t know:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE
    mattinoz

  • Apple's study proves that LLM-based AI models are flawed because they cannot reason

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    12Strangers said:
    hexclock said:
    Of course they can’t reason. It’s not a living mind. It’s the illusion of intelligence. 
    I’m legitimately interested in hearing the definition of intelligence from anyone who will offer it.
    This is a very philosophical topic that is based on worldview instead of science.  Trying to define what is life vs non-life is a very difficult thing to do , let alone sentience, and cannot be proved with science alone.  Whatever answer you get will be biased towards one’s worldview.
    FileMakerFeller

  • Third-party Epic Games Store now available on iPad for EU users

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    aderutter said:
    Apple never should have allowed Epic back imho


    They didn't have a choice and honestly shouldn't have a choice in what people want to install on their phones. 
    There’s always a choice.

    Yeah they did, and still do: stop selling in the EU if they become too much of a micro manager.

    Apple still has a bunch of choices for the EU (and don’t bode well for the EU): 
    -charge more for iPhones/ipads
    -charge for OS updates
    -charge for developer tools: compilers, access to SDKs, IDEs, etc
    -stop adding software features for EU
    -stop including hardware updates/features in EU phones. (No need to give access to NFC chips if there isn’t one to begin with)
    -ultimately, stop selling in the EU when the cost of doing business outstrips the profit

    Short of it, you get an iPhone EU (pronounced ‘eww’) or no phone at all. Which will probably be the end game since no user will want these phones and go to android (why didn’t they in the first place?)

    iOS and ipadOS are the property of Apple, to do with what they please.  If you don’t like that, don’t buy an apple device.  You don’t own a copy of the software, it’s licensed.

    If they haven’t already, at some point I expect Apple to give the EU the middle finger.


    watto_cobra

  • Epic moves forward with iPhone 'Fortnite' return plans via EU alternative App Store

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    That WOULD be true if Apple was allowing normal software installation.

    But Apple is (illegally) charging a fee for app downloads in 3rd party stores, and (illegally) insisting on "notarizing" apps that users would otherwise be able to install normally.

    I'm looking forward to the MASSIVE fines for Apple's bad behavior.
    It’s not illegal, yet, per the DMA.  But it’s coming.  Now whether it’s right or not, is a different story.  If the Core Technology fee is removed, I’d expect to see things that were free before may no longer be free in countries that are under the DMA, such as Xcode, compilers, apis, OS features, etc. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
    chasmwatto_cobra