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Saline951507/31/20252 repliesview on HN

Aside from the infamous privacy aspects, I'm wondering about the feasibility and the energy cost of running continously ML algos to scan content on a phone.

Given that the private malware providers aren't accountable for it, I guess that it will noticeably degrade the average battery life for phones in the EU.


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matthewdgreen08/01/2025

Ironically, one comment a legislator made was: if you can quantify the carbon cost of this proposal, they’re much more likely to take it seriously than any arguments about privacy.

beefnugs08/01/2025

Dont worry about it, the house of cards will be propped up with those truck-trailer-nuke-reactors.

Only charging your phones if you have 3+ AI subscriptions and comply with all anti encryption laws of course