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The top level headline doesn't really address the interesting bit. The subhead is: > Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing App
by meepmorp 3y ago
The top level headline doesn't really address the interesting bit. The subhead is:
> Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.
The interesting bit is Apple directly responding to the advocacy group:
> “Scanning every user’s privately stored iCloud data would create new threat vectors for data thieves to find and exploit," Neuenschwander wrote. "It would also inject the potential for a slippery slope of unintended consequences. Scanning for one type of content, for instance, opens the door for bulk surveillance and could create a desire to search other encrypted messaging systems across content types.”