Apple Has NOT Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent | How to spot FUD

[@jo_qYT]

I watched the mental outlaw video just last night and I felt immediate FUD. It’s almost as if you heard me and posted a video 😂. It’s a rare case of me not doing my research thoroughly but thank you for the reminder that I can’t just believe what I hear.

[@notafbihoneypot8487]

Mental Outlaw makes somewhat good content. But I think he appeals to the extreme skitzo takes. After all. He is a Gentoo user.

[@closednetwork]

I appreciate that you broke down this topic and went through the article. I was also at first awe struck, and even boosted a Toot and shortly after through some deduction realized that this was an inflammatory article with no real technical analysis. It's easy to fall for and this exercise helps us all keep facts in check when consuming content. Thanks for taking the time to show us your process.

[@sideofburritos]

Happy to help! I think it's important to explain the topic and for people to realize it can happen to anyone. The mentality of “that would never happen to me” is a quick way to set yourself up for failure.

[@anonanon3066]

Thanks a bunch! Not just for debunking this, but for general tips on how to spot fod.

[@sideofburritos]

Happy to help! It was also a good reminder for myself to “actively read” instead of passively, especially on tech related articles.

[@ejonesss]

apple is probably testing the waters to see if it is going to be controversial so that later they will either fix the bug or take it live if it does not draw controversy.

[@democracybacksliding]

Thank you for the inspirational video essay on checking yourself before spreading information, and quoting a source. I found your writing inspiring because your years of experience and ability to remain humble helps me reaffirm such great standards. It's no fun checking up such strong claims - It's not a lot of fun to make careful citations. wow, I have been following L. Rossmann since I think 2000 -2001, I remember at that time Ifix-it was just getting started. - - anyway I subscribed even though it doesn't mean much. Your lighting is very good as is your presentation. Thank you...! thank you

[@sideofburritos]

I really appreciated reading this comment. I put a lot of work into making my videos as accurate as possible. I know they aren't perfect, but it's not for lack of trying. Thank you again for the kind words and for the compliment on the lighting/presentation! Subscribing is always valuable and appreciated! edit: added subscribed part

[@davel202]

So how did this turn out a year later?

[@stovikz]

So in other words , apple won’t scan my photos on iCloud as of right now ?

[@iTheGeo]

Excellent video and review of this 'article', the interwebs is flooded with these self-proclaimed experts!

[@sideofburritos]

Thank you! It sure is!

[@chris08091]

I noticed this too when reading that story, thank you for making a video on this

[@sideofburritos]

Nice catch and you're welcome!

[@brandonw1604]

You'd think the person that wrote this would have done some research and captured the packet.

[@notafbihoneypot8487]

Too simple, must Get clicks for The 💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@sideofburritos]

Could not agree more.

[@vamp07]

I subscribed to you based on this video. There is so much nonsense out there and people making wild claims. I would love to see an AI agent that did a simple truthfulness validation on anything I browse to before I invest time reading or watching it.

[@sideofburritos]

Very well put. There's already an overload of information out there, without the speculation and other claims without concrete proof.

[@littlesandra87]

Why was the article author wrong? Didn't Myst find that the process indeed connected to Apple servers in version 13.1, which is the version the article author used? I can understand why Apple would cal it a bug to try and avoid class action law suites. It sounds very intentional to me whatever Apple were sending to their servers.

[@sideofburritos]

The article was *technically* not wrong, but the way it was written was very misleading. The format was attempting to make the reader connect the singular finding by the author to CSAM scanning. The author never flat out said that, but that's how it was written.

[@littlesandra87]

@@sideofburritos Then I don't understand your video. Yes, his article could have been written differently, but people are different and not everyone have the same writing skills and opinion on how articles should be structured. Just think back when you were in high school and had to write a report with someone else. Even the front page layout could be a big debate. Perhaps if the article were written the way you wanted it, it would never have gotten any attention? The media and Internet doesn't always react the way one wants it to =) Given he were the first to find that Apple sent/copied something to their servers that they wasn't suppose to, he deserves a lot of credit. had it not been for him Apple would still collect whatever information they wasn't suppose to. So I don't understand why you call his article FUD, when he was right in his finding.

[@sideofburritos]

It's not about how I want an article to be structured. It's about an author intentionally including information in their article in a way to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The technical findings were interesting, and could have been communicated in the first few paragraphs. The additional paragraphs that were added were there strictly to make the reader relate two unrelated events.

[@brandonw1604]

@@littlesandra87 Myst captured the packet and decrypted it. It was a blank GET request, so a bug. In 13.2 that was fixed.

[@UnixOath]

How's your take on Windows 11 turning out to be a spyware? Also is there a way to deApple a Macbook?

[@sideofburritos]

I haven't looked much into Windows 11. As far as deApple'ing a Macbook, not really as far as I'm aware.

[@UnixOath]

@@sideofburritos I mean debrand a Macbook, so my first step is to remove Mac Os and replace it with Asahi Linux.

[@mrcvry]

Good catch!

[@sideofburritos]

Thank you!

[@decaprio7421]

Like my grandpa used to say: "Its all about making money!"

[@fabio.brunori]

Great work!

[@sideofburritos]

Thank you!

[@maynardlim7812]

thank you!

[@notafbihoneypot8487]

BASED TAKE AND VIDEO

[@sideofburritos]

Thanks!

[@infiltrator7777]

Yes, Apple is using the neural network (RNN-T chip) built into all iPhones now for Siri AND deep learning. That chip is constantly analyzing everything on your phone and creating a HASH and sending it to Apple. That HASH (in Apples hands) can be used to match anything from color of clothes, people, places, etc. No actual data or personal files are sent. Apple gets away with this because the dirty work happens locally on the phone with the RNN-T chip. This dirty HASH trick is the same way they do vax pass, contact tracing or Airtags. Now that the neural network is actually hardware on the phone, it’s doing all the heavy lifting. Rob Braxman explains it very well.

[@brandonw1604]

You gotta lay off the Brax channel.

[@infiltrator7777]

@@brandonw1604 The TRUTH isn’t always comfortable my friend.

[@brandonw1604]

@@infiltrator7777 you do know the main processes in RNN-T is ASR and not neural hashing right?

[@brandonw1604]

@@infiltrator7777 another thing you think about. Everyone is all about Apple doing secret stuff, which can be proven or disproven with a lot of work. Google is far more likely to do it since their whole model is sell as much of your data as possible.

[@infiltrator7777]

@@brandonw1604 Yes, that’s what it was “designed” for. Having a neural network chip baked into hardware allows multiple application & usage.

[@Max86421]

New EU rules would force Apple to open up iMessage

[@hopelessnormie6448]

Thank you for this video. Another time mental jumped on the false wagon

[@sideofburritos]

You're welcome!

[@TheSkyweasel92]

Sorry man but I’m not sure this is just FUD. I’ve experienced it myself when plugging in an external hardware. Sometimes the internal HDD and fan kicks in and I CANNOT safely eject the drive. If I just unplug the drive the scan will continue when i replug it back in. It’s pretty obvious what apple is doing here

[@sideofburritos]

Depending on your setup external drives are indexed by spotlight for searching or other services. If it's a new drive, or you have changed a lot of data, it needs to be re-indexed. There are many variables that could be causing that.

[@The_Butcher_of_Blaviken]

See you in a year when the process is not a bug but a feature. It's like Netflix accidentally implementing the password sharing bann worlwide. We know they are eventually going to do it. They've said as much themselves.

[@sideofburritos]

Perhaps 🤷, but that's not what it is at this time.

[@brandonw1604]

The daemon is a feature. It is the local machine learning on photos for visual search. You can look at the architechture of it to see how it works.

[@williamking-noel1990]

why is mental outlaw in HD but Rossman is not??!? i see you mirin

[@TLM860]

Now I'm buying a new iphone 😆

[@Flashbrickanimations]

If you want privacy i wouldnt buy an iphone....

[@cryptoesquire3168]

Article did not pass logic & reason.

[@sideofburritos]

💯

[@darcy6698]

i still dont trust apple