Apparently the #uk #government is #scanning #servers in the #uk for #vulnerabilities https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/ncsc.. Whilst I like the idea of this, I am slightly #concerned they simply don't #report them and instead #exploit them.
#apple finally backing down on #csam #scanning on #devices that would most definitely end up being #abused by #state #actors and #governments in general to #hunt for people: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/15/app.. Looking at the #website #comments , it looks like there is some #blame of #hongkong #protestors too...
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 's #internalmemo appears to suggest they intended to just #ignore #criticism of their new #scanning feature: https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/06/apple-int.. I guess people now know they need to just leave their #ecosystem and Apple don't *actually* care about #privacy and #security ...