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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: berniel who wrote (11663)	8/1/2021 10:42:48 PM
From: Sun Tzu	2 Recommendations Recommended By berniel Kirk © Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26786

Why? If you are going to wish for something why don't you wish that you are wrong and everything will work out better than your wildest dreams? P.S Neither scenario is likely. The world unfolds as it should, mostly at a very boring pace.

To: berniel who wrote (11663)	8/6/2021 11:29:39 AM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Recommended By berniel Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26786

What next? While child pornography is horrible this level of spying on users bother's me. I'm fine with them scanning images that they upload to their servers to backup to see if they are "legal." I am not OK with them invading privacy and scanning directly the phones for images that are not uploaded, especially after they made such a big deal out of privacy. We have to be careful how we give up our liberties. This may be similar to allowing the KKK or other hate groups to have free speech... we hate what they have to say but they have rights we must maintain. iPhone scanning Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is said to be about to debut a new software feature that will be able to scan and detect child abuse images on the iPhones of Americans. According to a report in the Financial Times, the features will use an algorithm that will scan photos on a person's iPhone, and which have been uploaded to their iCloud account, to look for images that are on the national database of known images of child sex abuse. The images would be flagged and reported to law enforcement authorities if there is a match with those photos in the national database. The company has used such technology, called "hashing" for photos loaded up to iCloud, but it is believed that this would be the first time Apple would employ hashing directly on users' iPhones. What next? Will they monitor our phones to determine when we speed or look at them while in a car to alert the police or insurance companies? (Actually, I'd like them to shut down texting and other functions unless they are being accessed hands free. Talking to my GF on the phone is much safer than driving with her as she can't stop waving her arms and such while I try to concentrate on the road. )