@aral >Glad to hear Apple has killed its plans to implement privacy-destroying on-device scan and snitch into its devices
I believe that they're just pulling back for now due to the backlash.

They're going to wait until most people forget about it and then do what they planned in the first place.

>Remember that end-to-end encryption is moot if the ends are already compromised.
Yes, end-to-end encryption doesn't give much of a benefit if the information is being delivered to a tracking device full of proprietary malware, with features that include spyware functionality and a universal backdoor.