I haven't seen this asked on any of the threads about this yet, but what happens if we identify a few of the pics in their database of Evil Pictures, and send them (presumably from a non-Apple device) to the iPhone of anybody we don't like.
Presumably the actual data on the device is still encrypted and can't be accessed remotely, which means we need to trigger a law enforcement investigation which involves seizing the device and compelling the owner to unlock it in order to determine if they actually are a kiddie diddler or something went wrong. Gee, can't see how that could possibly go wrong. /s
Meanwhile, the actual kiddie diddlers out there have probably read the 10 million articles published about this by now and know not to use iMessage to trade their pictures, so probably not many of them would actually be caught this way.
If you send it via WhatsApp, which has the option to save all pictures to Camera roll, it will get automatically uploaded to iCloud if that's enabled. So no need to trigger a law enforcement investigation yourself in that case.
Presumably the actual data on the device is still encrypted and can't be accessed remotely, which means we need to trigger a law enforcement investigation which involves seizing the device and compelling the owner to unlock it in order to determine if they actually are a kiddie diddler or something went wrong. Gee, can't see how that could possibly go wrong. /s
Meanwhile, the actual kiddie diddlers out there have probably read the 10 million articles published about this by now and know not to use iMessage to trade their pictures, so probably not many of them would actually be caught this way.