Yes, the internet went on a "generate false perceptual hash positives" binge.
Everyone just forgot that in the Apple system you don't get automatically banned and reported to the authorities if you get a match (or five). The matches get manually checked by an actual human, who will see in 0.2 seconds that it's not actual CP, but a highly distorted picture of a cat or some gibberish. Zero action will be taken.
Also: the scanning was only done if iCloud is enabled. If iCloud is enabled, the EXACT SAME scan could be done in the cloud. Why are people not objecting to this with the same fervour?
Everyone just forgot that in the Apple system you don't get automatically banned and reported to the authorities if you get a match (or five). The matches get manually checked by an actual human, who will see in 0.2 seconds that it's not actual CP, but a highly distorted picture of a cat or some gibberish. Zero action will be taken.
Also: the scanning was only done if iCloud is enabled. If iCloud is enabled, the EXACT SAME scan could be done in the cloud. Why are people not objecting to this with the same fervour?