64 Bits Decide What You Can Upload to the Internet: The Algorithm Behind Chat Control
In August 2021, Apple announced plans to scan every photo on your iPhone before uploading it to iCloud. By September of the same year—after two weeks of intense backlash—it withdrew the proposal. In December 2022, the initiative was officially declared dead. In the meantime, the European Commission proposed legislation in 2022 requiring platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram to do exactly what Apple had backed away from. That proposal, known as Chat Control, is still being debated in the European Council. ...