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I wouldn't be surprised if there was some weird telemetry tied to this too

It's still a non-zero chance it triggers a no-knock raid by the police that kills your family or pets.

it happens all the time

large corporations are the least american thing in american society

I'm really not convinced that what we're communicating on isn't already the metaverse

A smartphone is not a requirement for life.

I don't know if the 215 supports tethering, but there are feature phones that do paired with a laptop or even something like a steam deck (running linux) is the way to go if you really need mobile internet

you get privacy and freedom from the smartphone-service-based-everything-forever lifesytle, it's nice

well now they can argue everyone in the industry already scans locally on device for illegal content, not a huge step

a few years from now: "it's been such a success we're going to do it everywhere for everything now"

Apple's just really weird when it comes to the control they exert over devices.

they do it with 'privacy' in mind and what they come up with is usually better than the worst case but it can still be pretty iffy

eg. a few months back when their notarization/entitlement verification system was being discussed

it's all just their vision of computing (which has some merits), hyper-controlled, locked down and "safe" it's not going to change if you're not comfortable with it you really shouldn't be using their products

Well, do you only wear one while grocery shopping? how much time do you spent outside of your home?

It requires a 'collection' of images to trigger an alert to apple who then has someone manually reviewing the photos before taking further action

there's still our justice system/due-process as well

Mozilla needs to drop the whole 'we need the web equivalent of a slave uprising'/'more than deplatforming' thing

this is how it always starts, Apple went from 'no it's not possible to unlock the shooters phone' to 'yeah you can give us the fingerprint of any image (maybe doucuments too) and we'll check which of our users has it'

TBH I've been considering just dropping a smartphone all together, I don't really get much value out of it since i'm on my laptop most of the time when I want to internet anyway

that's kind of a stretch, but I hope not.

the way the laws go good or bad is going to be up to everyone

No, I'm being serious. technology like this could be very beneficial.

there's a good chance that if we continue to improve surveillance law enforcement agencies and justice departments could begin to focus on rehabilitation and growing a kinder world.

right they are like firemen trying to put out fires after the building has been ruined

if it doesn't work we're doomed anyway, so what's the problem?