I may have been very sleep deprived and jumped to that conclusion because of past trauma, but to say that my concern over this is because I "must always have CSAM on the brain" is way beyond my much more mild accusation that requesting such an app raised alarm bells in my brain, if it weren't for the fact that my genuine concern was met with practically a direct accusation is the only reason I made a post dunking on them.
I'm aware of at least some of the recent issues and I'm absolutely sympathetic. Innocence is something that you just can't get back once you've seen some of the more depraved parts of humanity 🫤.
With that being said, you did come in a bit too hot on this one. I think you could have made your point that it's possible this type of a system would be used for illicit purposes without directly throwing suspicion onto the OP and it would have accomplished the same goal.
As an outside observer it really reads like someone asking how to safely share family photos and you coming in and saying "Why do you want this, pedo? Sounds like something a pedo would say!" Obviously this a satirical dramatization, but your 2nd, 3rd and 5th paragraphs give your response a very accusatory tone even if that wasn't your intent. I think most rational people would react strongly negatively to implicitly being called a pedophile in earnest.
I may have been very sleep deprived and jumped to that conclusion because of past trauma, but to say that my concern over this is because I "must always have CSAM on the brain" is way beyond my much more mild accusation that requesting such an app raised alarm bells in my brain, if it weren't for the fact that my genuine concern was met with practically a direct accusation is the only reason I made a post dunking on them.
I'm aware of at least some of the recent issues and I'm absolutely sympathetic. Innocence is something that you just can't get back once you've seen some of the more depraved parts of humanity 🫤.
With that being said, you did come in a bit too hot on this one. I think you could have made your point that it's possible this type of a system would be used for illicit purposes without directly throwing suspicion onto the OP and it would have accomplished the same goal.
As an outside observer it really reads like someone asking how to safely share family photos and you coming in and saying "Why do you want this, pedo? Sounds like something a pedo would say!" Obviously this a satirical dramatization, but your 2nd, 3rd and 5th paragraphs give your response a very accusatory tone even if that wasn't your intent. I think most rational people would react strongly negatively to implicitly being called a pedophile in earnest.
100% fair criticism thank you.