Apple kills plans to scan for CSAM in iCloud
I&#x27;m really surprised that they tried it in the first place.  I&#x27;m sure governments want it (China would love to see your Winnie the Pooh meme stash), but Apple is pretty good at fighting the US government and should have felt 100% free to say &quot;in the absence of a law that compels us to write software, which is unconstitutional btw, we&#x27;re not doing it&quot;.  They have done it many times, so it felt really out of character.  There must have been some contract &#x2F; favor they were going after, and the opportunity must have expired.  (I&#x27;m sure some large department of the federal government has some shiny new Android phones today.)<p>It would be interesting to figure out the real story.<p>My favorite part of the whole saga is that leaked letter that said &quot;the screeching voice of the minority&quot; will kill the project.  We did indeed, and I&#x27;m happy to screech again the next time the government wants a tool they can use to scan my phone without a search warrant.