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ConceptCSS / Client-Side Scanning

Client-Side Scanning

A technical approach that performs content detection on a user's local device before messages are encrypted. A typical implementation uses hash matching. Privacy advocates regard it as functionally indistinguishable from mass surveillance infrastructure.

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Oct 15

Policy debates such as backdoor legislation and client-side scanning attempt to leave law enforcement access points in encryption systems, and these debates are essentially still answering the question of who should hold strong encryption.

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Policy debates such as backdoor legislation and client-side scanning attempt to leave law enforcement access points in encryption systems, and these debates are essentially still answering the question of who should hold strong encryption.

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