What does it even mean that they propose a voluntary system? Who would want to voluntarily let themselves be monitored? How would that be beneficial to the supposed goal of detecting CSAM?
I believe it means that it is voluntary for the service providers to implement such measures, not that users can opt-in. This means that any E2EE message service providers wouldn’t be required to implement client side scanning, but that any provider not offering E2EE could still scan server side and report.
What does it even mean that they propose a voluntary system? Who would want to voluntarily let themselves be monitored? How would that be beneficial to the supposed goal of detecting CSAM?
It’s like in school - the kid who doesn’t raise his hand is the one that has to answer the question.
Corrupt politicians need to volunteered to give up their seats.
I believe it means that it is voluntary for the service providers to implement such measures, not that users can opt-in. This means that any E2EE message service providers wouldn’t be required to implement client side scanning, but that any provider not offering E2EE could still scan server side and report.