Wow, an #apple #macbook doesn't even sound like they have nice #hardware these days: https://pqvst.com/2021/08/24/my-macbook-.. For #premium hardware I would expect not to have it repaired for at least 5 years (if I don't do anything crazy).
Apparently changing your old #apple #iphone #region to #france will enable higher #performance https://www.gizchina.com/2021/08/23/old-.. This is because Apple was #fined for not considering *actual* #battery state when #throttling performance and whether the phone is actually plugged in. For some reason they didn't roll out this change to all regions though?
Apparently #apple have been using #csam to #scan #icloud for the last two years: https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/23/apple-sca.. Fun! According to Apple's #antifraud #chief , they are "the greatest #platform for #distributing #childporn " - ouch. Assuming they have been using the #csam algorithm this whole time, we must ask whether it has *already* been abused by #hostile #states in order to detect #journalists or people of interest.
#apple are not having a great time of it recently: https://twitter.com/ashleygjovik/status/.. They don't appear to understand #privacy ...
#apple 's #csam is even worse than previous thought, people are finding #hash #collisions in the wild: https://blog.roboflow.com/nerualhash-col..
@barray on Thu Aug 19 00:10:40 UTC 2021 said: &eAnd now the #source #code is out there for generating your own #csam #hash #collision that can fool #apple 's #detection #algorithm https://github.com/anishathalye/neural-h.. Apple claim it will be impossible to figure out what #vector they are using to trigger detection, but it's only a matter of time before somebody figures them out with a #database of #childporn (something the #uk #police for example store). So essentially #stateactors have the ability to #reverseengineer their vectors.Scratch that, it looks as if people are actually generating #hash #collisions by modifying an existing image to match a #hash https://github.com/AsuharietYgvar/AppleN.. #apple have really fucked up on the response to this one... They should at the very least put #csam on ice until #researchers have been given more time to figure this out. Also, claims that it's "not the final #version " is not good enough, especially when you invited people to #attack it!
Would you look at that, a #us #terrorist #watchlist was #exposed and people are being #punished with #nofly for a #crime they haven't actually committed, yay! https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se.. *It. Just. Keeps. Happening.* This is exactly why these people should *not* be given the ability to access #apple 's #csam - they can't even be trusted with a fucking text file.
@barray on Thu Aug 19 00:00:50 UTC 2021 said: &eScratch that, it looks as if people are actually generating #hash #collisions by modifying an existing image to match a #hash https://github.com/AsuharietYgvar/AppleN.. #apple have really fucked up on the response to this one... They should at the very least put #csam on ice until #researchers have been given more time to figure this out. Also, claims that it's "not the final #version " is not good enough, especially when you invited people to #attack it!#apple are claiming there is no issue with their #csam #detection #algorithm because #researchers are not using the "final version", despite being invited to #test it: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5yzq/a.. The lack of awareness on this is actually shocking... Even if researchers can't produce #hash #collisions on the #private version, #independent #nations can!
@barray on Wed Aug 18 10:48:11 UTC 2021 said: &e#apple are claiming there is no issue with their #csam #detection #algorithm because #researchers are not using the "final version", despite being invited to #test it: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5yzq/a.. The lack of awareness on this is actually shocking... Even if researchers can't produce #hash #collisions on the #private version, #independent #nations can!Just a few days ago somebody replicated the #apple #csam #detection #algorithm https://github.com/AsuharietYgvar/AppleN.. Just now, somebody has successfully produced a #hash #collision - *exactly* what people were concerned about: https://github.com/AsuharietYgvar/AppleN.. Apparently it's even worse that this - different #hardware generates a different hash because of #float #precision ...
Just a few days ago somebody replicated the #apple #csam #detection #algorithm https://github.com/AsuharietYgvar/AppleN.. Just now, somebody has successfully produced a #hash #collision - *exactly* what people were concerned about: https://github.com/AsuharietYgvar/AppleN.. Apparently it's even worse that this - different #hardware generates a different hash because of #float #precision ...
It looks like even the #german #government is urging #apple to reconsider their #csam #scanning of user's #files https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/.. Hopefully they get rid of the #backdoor ...
#apple completely miss the point by continuing to push #csam #child #safety #measures https://www.reuters.com/technology/after.. The point is that these powers will expand and #freedom will erode. Apple themselves literally say: "This program is ambitious, and protecting children is an important responsibility. These efforts will evolve and expand over time."
Looks like the #eu join #apple in #csam #child #pornography #protections https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/m.. Now companies have permission to search *all* #private #encrypted #messages for any offensive material. *I'm sure this won't be misused in the near future.* They have taken away #chatcontrol and #secrecyofcorrespondence from #europeans - thank goodness for #uk and #brexit ! I suspect #boris will just roll out something worse though...
Glad to see the likes of #whatsapp push back on #apple over their ' #childprotections ': https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/6/226133..
The late #stevejobs of #apple knew what #privacy was about! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-jlF98.. If only #timcook could live up to his ideas.
@barray on Mon Aug 02 00:54:48 UTC 2021 said: &eLose 20 #internetpoints one day on #hackernews - gain over 130 the next: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=280.. It's a very interesting discussion on #apple 's new #childporn " #protections ", that many, including myself, believe that it is just a #backdoor for a more #intrusive #privacy breach at a later date.The only good thing about losing about 20 #internetpoints over on #hackernews is that I now have some article ideas. So far I have "Empathy vs logic", "Emotion vs reason", "My enemy is not human", "Workplace sexism", "Good debate technique" and "Feminism everywhere". I think I got a good deal for those points!