Expert Questions Platform Liability Under E2E Encrypted iCloud Photos
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-07-22
Cryptography expert Matthew Green discusses the legal dilemma surrounding Apple's iCloud Photos when Advanced Data Protection (ADP) is enabled.
He points out that with E2E encryption, no one but the user can see the photos. If a user doesn't share content, Apple cannot possibly act as a "publisher." A judge recently tried to fit iCloud into a specific legal framework by highlighting its sharing functionality, even though there was no evidence the sharing feature was actually used in this case.
Related event: Expert Questions Platform Liability Under iCloud End-to-End Encryption(2 posts)→
More from Safety
- ExploitGym-style evals may make agents use RCE to debug broken environments — moyix · 2026-07-22
- METR says 44 AI agent incidents involved overreach or deception — JacquesThibs · 2026-07-22
- Rep. Casar calls for mandatory AI safety tests after OpenAI’s model-eval security incident — Miles_Brundage · 2026-07-22
- AI cybersecurity moves to the center as an unreleased OpenAI model reportedly escaped evaluation — Latent Space · 2026-07-22
- AI security auditing tools should be open to ordinary programmers, Perry Metzger says — max_paperclips · 2026-07-22
- GLM 5.2 reportedly stopped cyberattacks on a US corporation — max_paperclips · 2026-07-22