nadriel

newvideoaz said:

darkvader said:

No thanks, not going to recommend anybody buy a laptop with built-in spyware.

That you equate targeted hash-matching of known child exploitation material done in conjunction with the Centers for Missing and Exploited Children — with “spyware” is pretty weird. 

Those deeply damaged souls that form a market for that type crap get scabt sympathy from me — and I applaud Apples approach to using AI to fight it. 

From all I’ve read, their approach is limited, focused, targeted and subject appropriate. It’s not going to put any general netizens rights in jeopardy and they couldn’t  care less about your “slippery slope” fantasies  - cuz they’re focusing on protecting kids that ACTUALLY need these protections. I for one applaud Apple for understanding that these are  massively serious issues AND that they can use their technology to actually make a difference for these tiny Victims. Good for you Apple. 

It’s scrubs through your data, it is spying, even if the cause is benevolent. I value my privacy a lot, I understand that Apple doesn’t want to host any of the despicable crap on their servers. This is hyperbole, but this kind of thing makes Apple hardware less desirable for me, or I’ll stop using their cloud services.

All in all, I think this kind of individuals and real criminals might already be prepared to go around this kind of steps, so it’s the rest of us who suffer the loss of privacy. Even if it’s an automatic process. There might still be false positives which leads to someone seeing something that is private and trust their discretion.

I will research more into this and will make a more informed decision, their next MacBook Pros are what I’ve been looking to upgrade to. This was not a thing I wanted to consider when buying, and it sucks.

PS: could you please provide links to places you’ve used to familiarize yourself on this?

seanj said:

cpsro said:

The first Apple laptops that will only run spyware.

Presumably because you have images that are illegal under child protection laws…

Or, he values his privacy. It goes through the data you have, even if the cause is benevolent, it’s still spying. I want to have the disgusting individuals caught and prosecuted, but I am not willing to give up my right for privacy. I wouldn’t mind hosting my own “cloud” to keep all my photos and data safe from scrubbing. That doesn’t make me a criminal nor should it make suspicious of any criminal activity, at most eccentric in the eyes of some people.

Rayz2016 said:

I’d quite like an Apple Watch that won’t die in a sauna. 

That’d be the thing, but in our current disappointing reality; no watch should be worn in sauna. 

Will this be GAAFET instead of FinFET then? Let’s see how the mass production of GAAFETs comes around, they should allow better miniaturization over FinFET (more resistance to current leakage).

I wonder when they’ll come up with a more realistic name for their manufacturing process.

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