iPhone Privacy Issues

It looks like Apple is going to start scanning their phones for child abuse images.

I'm trying to figure out a balance of privacy and protection of children, but this seems like a really, really bad idea from Apple. Per the article:

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Apple intends to install software on American iPhones to scan for child abuse imagery... The automated system would proactively alert a team of human reviewers if it believes illegal imagery is detected, who would then contact law enforcement if the material can be verified. The scheme will initially roll out only in the US. ... Apple’s neuralMatch algorithm will continuously scan photos that are stored on a US user’s iPhone and have also been uploaded to its iCloud back-up system. Users’ photos, converted into a string of numbers through a process known as “hashing”, will be compared with those on a database of known images of child sexual abuse.

I didn't have any intentions on getting an iPhone, but this is another reason not too. I just put LineageOS on my phone because I am not fond of the distributed android OS either. This might have a **** ton of problems though. Including hackers getting access, and so on. Terrible, terrible decision.

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