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Let's talk about AI and end-to-end encryption

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187 points chmaynard | 1 comments | 17 Jan 25 05:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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nashashmi ◴[17 Jan 25 18:57 UTC] No.42741955[source]▶
The most depressing realization in all of this is that the vast treasure trove of data that we used to have in the cloud thinking it was not scannable even for criminal activity has now become a vector where we shall have thought police coming down upon us for simple ideas of dissent.
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AlexandrB ◴[17 Jan 25 19:41 UTC] No.42742405[source]▶
A lot of people tried to sound the alarm. It's not "the cloud", it's "other people's computers". And given that other people own these machines, their interests - whether commercial or ideological - will always come first.
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1. Terr_ ◴[18 Jan 25 02:27 UTC] No.42745268[source]▶
Plus the machines they don't technically own--like Microsoft's attempts to force online accounts, bloatware, telemetry, etc.