APPLE PHOTO PRIVACY INSTALL

Furthermore, Apple conducts human review before making a report to NCMEC. Let us be clear, this technology is limited to detecting CSAM stored in iCloud and we will not accede to any government's request to expand it. We will continue to refuse them in the future. We have faced demands to build and deploy government-mandated changes that degrade the privacy of users before, and have steadfastly refused those demands. Apple's CSAM detection capability is built solely to detect known CSAM images stored in iCloud Photos that have been identified by experts at NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) and other child safety groups. In a FAQ released today with the title, 'Expanded Protections for Children,' there is a question that asks, 'Could governments force Apple to add non-CSAM images to the hash list?'Īpple will refuse any such demands.

APPLE PHOTO PRIVACY INSTALL

Governments have been pressuring Apple to install backdoors into its end-to-end encryption system for years, and Apple acknowledged that governments are likely to make the exact demands that security experts and privacy advocates have been warning about.

We covered how the program will work in detail in an article Thursday night. Many critics pointed out that once the technology is on consumer devices, it won't be difficult for Apple to expand it beyond the detection of CSAM in response to government demands for broader surveillance. Further Reading Apple explains how iPhones will scan photos for child-sexual-abuse imagesĪpple has faced days of criticism from security experts, privacy advocates, and privacy-minded users over the plan it announced Thursday, in which iPhones and other Apple devices will scan photos before they are uploaded to iCloud.

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