Post #4052765
2026-07-16 21:09 UTC
Why do you think they are hiding it if it’s legal and well justified? (protecting children and so on?)
This is not about breaking E2E, it’s client side scanning. I’m pretty sure they would be able to do it without the public getting mad about it, same as most people accept age verification. Introducing some client side scanning would not hurt their reputation. It’s legal, EU lets then do it. So why hide it? They would be detecting a lot of people sending CP to one another but they would just have to ignore it. If they would report it they would be admitting that they are secretly scanning the messages. If they don’t report it they risk lawsuits.
IMHO it just doesn’t make sense for them to do it in secret. If they saw benefit in it they would just do it in the open.
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@leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 2026-07-17 03:01
Client side scanning is not yet here and won’t come with the current law. The can scan cloud storage and, if possible, messages. Voluntarily, the are not forced, but they are eager to do it. Client side scanning will come with the next iteration of the law which isn’t just here yet. And hopefully will never come.