An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology

[Schiphol]

On August 5, 2021, Apple announced new technological measures that Apple will apply to almost all of its devices under the umbrella of "Extensive Child Protection" (https://www.apple.com/child-safety/). While child abuse is a serious problem, and while efforts to combat it are almost certainly well-intentioned, Apple's proposal introduces a back door that threatens to protect essential privacy for all users of Apple products. Weakens.
This has provoked strong protests from experts and specialists in Internet security and privacy.

Experts around the world have sounded the alarm over how Apple's proposed measures could turn any iPhone into a device that continuously scans all photos and messages that are scanned through it to remove any content Report the protest to law enforcement and set an example where our personal belongings become a radical new tool for aggressive surveillance, with little surveillance to prevent possible misuse and unreasonable expansion of the scope of surveillance.
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https://appleprivacyletter.com/

[[MPGH]arunforce]

PrOtEct ThE chILDreN

[summit]

mfs dont practice what they preach lol

[Bernard]

While I see the privacy concerns, I think it's perfectly within the right of Apple to implement what they want. If you don't like it, buy a different phone. I have an Android so I don't care. I can see the argument however that it should be made understandable to the average iPhone user that this surveillance is happening on their phone and that you can either consent to it or just don't update your iPhone to the new software that has that feature. No person who has an iPhone currently really consented to being surveilled when their bought their iPhone (unless maybe you auto consent to it in their long terms of service that people basically never actually read, idk). I'm perfectly fine with private companies surveilling its users so long as you consent to it, and if you don't consent, take your business elsewhere. Now if Apple was a monopoly when it came to phones...

[BUZZLIGHTYEAR88]

Isn't it only when the pictures are uploaded to the cloud that it's scanned?

I guess if you're storing stuff on their servers then you should have to abide by there terms. I think that it can be a dangerous tool if used for politic or other purposes but searching for known kiddy shit on their network is just a good business model for them.