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I'm not sure what's the point; in this day and age, I'm pretty sure that if your 14 years old wants to send a nude picture, if they really have already reached
by j1elo 5y ago
I'm not sure what's the point; in this day and age, I'm pretty sure that if your 14 years old wants to send a nude picture, if they really have already reached to that decision, they will do it.
The only practical barrier here is that their parents have educated them and their mental model arrives by its own at "no, this is a very bad idea" instead of "yes, I want to send this pic". Anything else, including petty prohibitions from their parents, will not be a decision factor in most cases. Have we forgotten how it was to be a teenager?
(I mean people, both underage and criminals, will just learn to avoid apple and use other channels)
- mfer 5y agoThat’s not what this does. Articles aren’t communicating the details well. There’s a set of known photos of kids going around. They are looking for those specific photos. It’s hash based checks
- majjam 5y agoThats the first feature, the second is, from the article: “The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts—that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor—for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received. This feature can be turned on or off by parents.”
- j1elo 5y agoYeah I see the detail about matching hashes with well known images from a database... but what triggered my comment is this other function that is mentioned: > The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts—that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor—for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent Which seems to be a feature that would allow parents to fix with prohibitions what they didn't achieve with education.