An open letter against Apple's new privacy-invasive client-side content scanning — and The Problem with Perceptual Hashes

Issue #488 — August 08, 2021

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An open letter against Apple’s new privacy-invasive client-side content scanning github.com \| points: 995 \| comments: 395

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The Problem with Perceptual Hashes rentafounder.com \| points: 643 \| comments: 386

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Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence nzz.ch \| points: 633 \| comments: 301

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In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Photo scanning features 9to5mac.com \| points: 558 \| comments: 387

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Surveys show Americans want more walkable cities governing.com \| points: 515 \| comments: 332

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“People have asked if we’ll adopt this system for WhatsApp. The answer is no.” twitter.com \| points: 291 \| comments: 174

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Why Disney World doesn’t have mosquitoes greenmatters.com \| points: 255 \| comments: 121

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Whistleblowers expose corruption in EPA Chemical Safety Office theintercept.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 61

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Looking into Zig ayende.com \| points: 229 \| comments: 104

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Learning APL xpqz.github.io \| points: 187 \| comments: 97

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Crypto community slams ‘disastrous’ new amendment to big infrastructure bill techcrunch.com \| points: 180 \| comments: 119

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Open-source intelligence challenges state monopolies on information economist.com \| points: 176 \| comments: 24

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Bug in Lynx’s SSL certificate validation – leaks password in clear text via SNI openwall.com \| points: 173 \| comments: 55

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The Emacs Lock-In Effect or the Emacs Sunk Cost Fallacy karl-voit.at \| points: 168 \| comments: 233

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What it was like developing for NES back in 1990 twitter.com \| points: 164 \| comments: 29

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Everything has changed in iOS 14, but Jailbreak is eternal [pdf] i.blackhat.com \| points: 164 \| comments: 49

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The Era of Cheap Natural Gas Ends as Prices Surge by 1000% bloomberg.com \| points: 164 \| comments: 189

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Sci-Hub future plans and donation request sci-hub.do \| points: 151 \| comments: 27

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Framework Patterns (2019) blog.startifact.com \| points: 145 \| comments: 35

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Richard Stallman and the History of Free Software and Open Source (2016) cmpod.net \| points: 143 \| comments: 84

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