Category: Apple|Sep 4, 2021 | Author: Admin

Apple postpones abuse monitoring after massive criticism

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After massive criticism of Apple's child pornography system, which was to become part of Apple Photos with iCloud activated, the company has now chosen to postpone the function.

Should actually be launched this year - now Apple wants to improve the system before they launch
There have been reports that it is too easy to deceive the system, which can easily be exploited by people who share images of abuse, not to mention that the system can theoretically be used to control political dissent.

Apple is now announcing the following:

 

Earlier, we announced plans for functions intended to protect children from abusers who use communication tools to recruit and exploit them and to limit the spread of sexual abuse material. Based on feedback from customers, organizations, researchers and others, we have decided to spend extra time in the coming months to gather and make improvements before rolling out these critically important child safety features.

 

On August 23, we announced the following
"Now Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that since 2019 they have scanned for abuse material in iCloud Mail. They use “electronic signatures to expose suspected child exploitation. Every registered suspicion is checked manually ”.

It aroused 9to5mac's curiosity that one of Apple's executives could state that "Apple is the largest platform for child pornography distribution:" How could he claim that if the company did not scan iCloud photos? "

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