> the image is fingerprinted on device and when uploaded to iCloud that fingerprint is compared with the "dodgy images" fingerprints and an alert raised if a threshold of matches is reached (what's the threshold and with whom?)
Nope. The comparison is done on the device and the threshold is set there as well.
I am not sure how alarmed I am yet at this whole affair but I do know that maybe 50% of posts I read about this have glaringly incorrect information which definitely dampers my alarmism.
> Nope. The comparison is done on the device and the threshold is set there as well.
As I understand it the fingerprinting and comparison is done on device, but it only happens as part of the upload-to-iCloud process. So the grandparent's phrasing isn't unreasonable.
Nope. The comparison is done on the device and the threshold is set there as well.
I am not sure how alarmed I am yet at this whole affair but I do know that maybe 50% of posts I read about this have glaringly incorrect information which definitely dampers my alarmism.