I won't use a service that performs dragnet surveillance on my communication. The US Postal service does not open every single letter to check if it contains illegal material. If I rent a storage unit, the storage company does not open up my boxes to see if I have albums of child pornography. This move by Apple is equivalent.
I'm going to turn this around and say that those in favor of Apple's move: "Should the internet be a place where your every move is surveilled?" given that we have some expectation of privacy in real life.
It is illegal for the USPS to look at the contents of first class mail except with a court order.
Other classes of mail may have less stringent protections. For instance, third class (and maybe second class, I forget) mail can be opened to make sure that the things it contains are allowed to be mailed in that class.
An x-ray is nothing like reading the contents of letters or randomly checking ahipped harddrives and USB sticks for content. I don't know how to clarify legally or conceptually, but I feel confident there is a very clear difference
I forgot about that. I think it's nearly all stamped mail over a certain weight? I don't remember if labeled mail is similarly scanned and my google skills are failing me today.
I'm going to turn this around and say that those in favor of Apple's move: "Should the internet be a place where your every move is surveilled?" given that we have some expectation of privacy in real life.