These puritan clowns would first need to define what constitutes "nudity". But then this entire endeavour is just another pretext to increase digital control. The ambiguity of "nudity" only helps their cause.
Having even one piece of mandatory unremovable software implies a whole chain of removed software freedom. Might be useful to dig into this and see who's pushing it - Lord Cass again?
Not everything needs a software based solution. When it comes to nudity I believe that the best way to prevent the spread of nudity is to stop it at the source, right there at the genitals, with physical coverings. This way the nudity is blocked before it has the opportunity to become a victim of mass-dissemination.
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An offline AI system in the Camera app that detects when a subject is nude, and educates teenagers of the law and consequences of taking and sending nude photos (through a simple pop-up - "Do you still want to take a nude photo? Yes. No), maybe a good idea. If a user ignores the pop-up and take a nude snap of themselves, for whatever purpose that's their right (and their own problem). There's only so much "nannying" people can do with teens and government can do to us adults.
No. They just want to see everything you do.
Because, they will need telemetry to assess "usage". And to protect against terrorist. And to protect the children (while storing their pictures in a remote database). And...
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(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation
"prevent phones from displaying nude images except when users verify that they are adults"
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No. They just want to see everything you do. Because, they will need telemetry to assess "usage". And to protect against terrorist. And to protect the children (while storing their pictures in a remote database). And...