For clarity, Protonmail are SPECULATIVELY accusing Google of doing something that is even worse than the CSAM detection proposal which Apple was forced to walk away from.

I don’t think that Google are that stupid. I am confident that Protonmail are wrong. I will be amazed if I am incorrect in this analysis, at least about this, here and now.

As Smart Search scours your phone, if it finds something it thinks (keyword: think) is CSAM, it can potentially shut down your Google account forever and flag you as a criminal. If you’re deeply ingrained in Google’s ecosystem, losing your account would be devastating.

https://mastodon.social/@protonmail/111261829270614679