• makeasnek@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    Yes. But the government can provide an “updated” hash database. Such updates would be frequent. There is no way for whatsapp to know what files were used to make those updated hashes. Unless the government distributes copies of the underlying CSAM to the messenger app providers which kinda goes against supposedly trying to stop the proliferation of CSAM in the first place.