XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
From: jollyroger@pobox.com
On 2024-07-29, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-07-29 15:11, Chips Loral wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>>
>>> Apple's reporting rate is ZERO, because they're not doing scanning
>>> of images of any kind.
>>
>> After getting caught.
>>
>> You can't seem to get ANYTHING right, Mac-troll:
>>
>> https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-communi
ation-safety-messages/
>
> 'A recent thread on Twitter raised concerns that the macOS process
> mediaanalysisd, which scans local photos, was secretly sending the
> results to an Apple server. This claim was made by a cybersecurity
> researcher named Jeffrey Paul. However, after conducting a thorough
> analysis of the process, it has been determined that this is not the
> case.'
>
>
>
> 'The mediaanalysisd process is a background task that starts every
> time an image file is previewed in Finder, and then calls an Apple
> service. The process is designed to run machine learning algorithms
> to detect objects in photos and make object-based search possible in
> the Photos app. It also helps Finder to detect text and QR codes in
> photos. Even if a user does not use the Photos app or have an iCloud
> account, the process will still run.'
>
> Apple is not scanning your photos for CSAM
Yup. Jeffrey Paul should be embarrassed and ashamed of himself. He's not
much of a "hacker and security researcher" if he didn't even bother to
learn what the process actually does before making outlandish claims
about it. What a weirdo.
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