xyzzy-xxx

I don't believe anything Apple tells about privacy until image scanning (CSAM) on the device is finally declared to be dead. 

Users should be able to load apps from alternative App Stores.
I guess that most users will stay with Apple's App Store, but it would make possible to use apps that have been banned by Apple or don't comply with some terms (like emulation).
If Apple makes this right (apps signed with a certificate and sandboxed) it should also be secure (beside from bugs in the sandbox).

For reasons I and others have related elsewhere, not only is it not "impossible for any government to hack it," it seems probable that some government somewhere will, in fact, hack it.

Awesome statement with no basis in fact whatsoever.

Just get informed about what Pegasus was able to do with any iPhone by just sending a sms – this should be fact enough ...

ikir said:

xyzzy-xxx said:

I would bet that intelligence services of nearly all developed countries used Pegasus.
For this reason it is important that there is a strong opposition from within the government.
One more reason for Apple not to add technologies that enable surveillance (and may be hacked) into iOS.
I hope that CSAM scanning on the device is now dead.

have you see how really CSAM works? It is quite impossibile for any government to hack it by definition. And the reason the hash match (which is not a photo scan) happens on device.

Pegasus enabled governments to put any code on devices just by sending an sms.
So they could add any images or hashes on your device or manipulate the algorithm to detect other images and not to report to Apple but an intelligence agency.
Thinking it's impossible to hack by definition is naive.
It would be much more secure for the user if this scan would only happen in the cloud.

I would bet that intelligence services of nearly all developed countries used Pegasus.
For this reason it is important that there is a strong opposition from within the government.
One more reason for Apple not to add technologies that enable surveillance (and may be hacked) into iOS.
I hope that CSAM scanning on the device is now dead.