Looking for CSAM is only the excuse they put out. Who knows what they are actually after. Maybe they just want to find compromat on people.
Its purpose is to quash dissent when the inevitable authoritarian police state comes.
They won't let another French revolution happen again
Imagine trying to prevent the French to protest
Well, we can't trust that corruption would be low enough that this wouldn't be exploited for other reasons. Child trafficking and exploitation is off the charts. If this did actually help those kids I'd consider supporting it. But I do remember when Apple announced that they would do this that some groups that seemed reputable claimed that it wouldn't actually help. I don't know what to think of it.
99.9% of CSAM sharing etc. happens on the dark web forums, not on like, whatsapp or signal. So this legislation wouldn’t help prevent or catch those people
Moreover, there is no way to implement scanning for {something-bad} in our encrypted communications that will not be abused or put people's safety at risk.
We need lawmakers to understand this.
Edit: And we need to hold those who don't respect it accountable for their acts of aggression.
Oh, they do, they already exempted themselves and the police.
Nothing to worry about, everyone...
new York Times: A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.
I got pictures of my nieces and nephew naked taking their bath... Am I going to jail?
I mean, client-side scanning would do shit all to help anyway because nothing prevents culprits from encrypting the messages in a different app they are using for sending. This is just entirely a net loss -- right as fash are poised to take over too. What a mess.