Scanning "private" content

Posted Aug 15, 2021 16:46 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)
In reply to: Scanning "private" content by NYKevin
Parent article: Scanning "private" content

In addition, the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree rule in the US applies only to searches by the government.

If I suspect my neighbor, so I break into his house and find a bloody shirt that ties the neighbor to a murder and I take that shirt to the prosecutors, they can use that in court.

Here's why: My neighbor already has protection against me doing this -- I can go to jail for it. He really doesn't have any protection against the government doing it; letting people in his situation get away with a crime seems to be the only effective incentive to the government not to do it.

If prosecutors asked me to break in (or even strongly suggested or encouraged it), that would be different.

Scanning "private" content

Posted Aug 16, 2021 11:07 UTC (Mon) by immibis (subscriber, #105511) [Link]

> If prosecutors asked me to break in (or even strongly suggested or encouraged it), that would be different.

Many commenters are speculating that Apple made this decision because the alternative was for the government to demand an end to encryption altogether.