One is also led to suspect that Apple announced its Neural Hash/CSAM protection thing as cover when they knew the algorithm was about to be outed.
Further thought: it would be interesting to find out if any other Apple sub-systems send a quiet, probably well hashed, note to the Mother Ship when they encounter text of interest (the ghost, no doubt, of the old NSA Line Eater of days of yore).
Again, assume that anything that is technically feasible and deemed to be of sufficient value is actually being done, if not by Our Team then almost certainly by Their Team. Moral/legal/security judgments or personal feelings on said activity are a separate issue.
