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> As the article points out, the capability to scan things on devices is already deployed on huge swathes of devices in the from of virus scanners and content search indexing.

that's a ridiculous counterpoint. 1) no iphone has AV 2) AV and content indexing don't secretly contact the feds.

adding a new "background service that sometimes contacts the US government" is a big privacy regression.



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