Since hearing about this whole affair, one potential scenario popped up in my mind...
Currently, bad actors are randomly sharing illegal content in an unsolicited way to people who did not ask for it (1).
Let's imagine this happens to you. Suddenly, you have illegal content on your device you didn't ask for.
Maybe you are busy when the message with the content is received and you don't even know about it, or you think it's random spam from someone you don't know and just ignore it.
Then, the content scanner picks it up and notifys authorities.
Well, to be factually accurate, in this case with Apple, nothing will happen. Apple only reports when it matches 30 instances of this content. They have said they plan to reduce it from 30 as they improve their algorithm.
Currently, bad actors are randomly sharing illegal content in an unsolicited way to people who did not ask for it (1).
Let's imagine this happens to you. Suddenly, you have illegal content on your device you didn't ask for.
Maybe you are busy when the message with the content is received and you don't even know about it, or you think it's random spam from someone you don't know and just ignore it.
Then, the content scanner picks it up and notifys authorities.
What will happen in this scenario?
(1) https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/02/05/beware-child-porn-m...