Apple sued for dropping CSAM detection features from services, devices
1 month ago

Apple sued for dropping CSAM detection features from services, devices

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Announced in 2021, the plan was for Apple to scan images on iCloud for child abuse material using on-device technology. While Apple retained a nudity-detection tool for its Messages app, the CSAM detection feature was dropped in 2022 amid privacy and security concerns The latest lawsuit argues that Apple’s decision has perpetuated the sharing of illegal material online and broken the company’s promise to protect abuse victims. While Apple retained a nudity-detection tool for its Messages app, the CSAM detection feature was dropped in 2022 amid privacy and security concerns raised by experts and advocacy groups. The lawsuit argues that Apple’s decision has perpetuated the sharing of illegal material online and broken the company’s promise to protect abuse victims like her. The lawsuit highlights that other tech companies, like Google and Meta, employ CSAM-scanning tools that detect significantly more illegal material than Apple’s nudity-detection features.

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Apple faces $1.2 billion lawsuit for failing to prevent distribution of child sexual abuse material via iCloud
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1 month ago

Apple faces $1.2 billion lawsuit for failing to prevent distribution of child sexual abuse material via iCloud

India Today  

Apple is facing a $1.2 billion lawsuit filed in the US District Court in North California, alleging that the company failed to protect victims of child sexual abuse by discontinuing its planned detection feature for Child Sexual Abuse Material. The case, filed on Saturday, was initiated by a 27-year-old woman who claims that Apple’s actions allowed images of her abuse …

Australia takes aim at Apple, Microsoft over child protection online
2 years ago

Australia takes aim at Apple, Microsoft over child protection online

The Hindu  

An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods, accused Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. not doing enough to stop child exploitation content on their platforms. The e-Safety Commissioner, an office set up to protect internet users, said that after sending legal demands for information to some of the world's biggest internet …

UK cybersecurity chiefs back Apple’s controversial photo-scanning feature
2 years, 5 months ago

UK cybersecurity chiefs back Apple’s controversial photo-scanning feature

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ian Levy, the NCSC’s technical director, and Crispin Robinson, the director of cryptanalysis, claim that a controversial …

Apple’s child sex-abuse scanning tool is too clever for its own good: Tae Kim
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple’s child sex-abuse scanning tool is too clever for its own good: Tae Kim

Live Mint  

Apple Inc.’s plan to scan iPhones for child-abuse images is past the point of repair. After facing pressure from governments to do more to battle child pornography and exploitation, Apple unveiled its plan last month to offer three new tools. They included the ability for parents to be notified when their children receive or send explicit photos over Apple Messages, …

Apple appeals against security research firm while touting researchers
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple appeals against security research firm while touting researchers

The Hindu  

Apple Inc on Tuesday appealed a copyright case it lost against security startup Corellium, which helps researchers examine programmes like Apple's planned new method for detecting child sex abuse images. A federal judge last year rejected Apple's copyright claims against Corellium, which makes a simulated iPhone that researchers use to examine how the tightly restricted devices function. Experts said they …

After criticism, Apple to only seek abuse images flagged in multiple nations
3 years, 4 months ago

After criticism, Apple to only seek abuse images flagged in multiple nations

The Hindu  

After a week of criticism over a its planned new system for detecting images of child sex abuse, Apple Inc said on Friday that it will hunt only for pictures that have been flagged by clearing houses in multiple countries. After previously declining to say how many matched images on a phone or computer it would take before the operating …

Apple's own employees are not happy with its move to scan users phones for child sexual abuse images
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple's own employees are not happy with its move to scan users phones for child sexual abuse images

India Today  

Apple’s decision to scan users’ iPhones for child sexual abuse content has kicked up a storm. The privacy advocates and even WhatsApp head Will Cathcart have voiced their opinion against Apple’s move to scan people’s phones for child sexual abuse content. The feature could be used to track things that could be unrelated to child sexual abuse and people could …

Apple defends scanning iPhones for child abuse images, saying algorithm only identifies flagged pics
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple defends scanning iPhones for child abuse images, saying algorithm only identifies flagged pics

Daily Mail  

Apple is pushing back against criticism over its plan to scan photos on users iPhones and in iCloud storage in search of child sexual abuse images. In a Frequently Asked Questions document focusing on its 'Expanded Protections for Children,' Apple insisted its system couldn't be exploited to seek out images related to anything other than child sexual abuse material. A …

Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

Associated Press  

Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused, including by governments looking to surveil their citizens. I hope they say no, but their technology won’t say no.” Tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others have …

Apple will scan iPhone for nude photos, will report user to police if it finds child porn
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple will scan iPhone for nude photos, will report user to police if it finds child porn

India Today  

Apple announced on Thursday that it would launch new software to analyse user’s iCloud Photos for images of child sexual abuse. As per Mark Gurman’s report on Bloomberg, Apple has also announced a feature to analyse each and every picture sent and received on the Messages app for child sexual abuse material. Mathew Green, an Associate Professor at the Johns …

Apple accused of creating 'backdoor' into iPhones with child abuse image scanning
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple accused of creating 'backdoor' into iPhones with child abuse image scanning

The Telegraph  

Apple has been accused by privacy campaigners of creating a “backdoor into people’s devices” with the introduction of iPhone photo scanning technology intended to thwart child pornography. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said the move came at a “high price for overall user privacy” and that its iMessage app was “no longer secure messaging”. On Thursday Apple said it would introduce …

iPhone to detect and report child sexual abuse images: Why security experts are calling it a bad idea
3 years, 5 months ago

iPhone to detect and report child sexual abuse images: Why security experts are calling it a bad idea

India Today  

In what could be termed as a major crackdown on child abusers, Apple, late on Thursday, announced that it would scan iPhone and iPad photo galleries for child abuse images. Additionally, Apple will also add a new tool to its iMessage app to warn children and their parents when sending or receiving sexually explicit photos. The Cupertino-based giant says both …

Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse

The Hindu  

Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens. The tool Apple calls “neuralMatch” will detect known images of child sexual abuse without decrypting people’s messages. “Researchers have been able to …

Fury at Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images
3 years, 5 months ago

Fury at Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images

Daily Mail  

How Apple will scan your phone for 'child abuse images' - and send suspicious photos to a company employee who will check it before sending them to police The new image-monitoring feature is part of a series of tools heading to Apple mobile devices, according to the company. The new safety tools will also be used to look at photos …

Apple may soon scan your iPhone for child abuse photos, here is how this will work
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple may soon scan your iPhone for child abuse photos, here is how this will work

India Today  

Apple might bring a rather dodgy feature into action tomorrow. A new tool will let Apple scan your photos stored in iCloud to check them against child sexual abuse material. Green writes that multiple people have confirmed to him about Apple's plan to launch a new scanning tool tomorrow. The most unsettling thought, however, is that Apple might start using …

Apple reveals it scans iCloud photos to check for child sexual abuse
5 years ago

Apple reveals it scans iCloud photos to check for child sexual abuse

Daily Mail  

Apple are scanning photos uploaded to its cloud service for signs of child abuse images, according to a senior privacy officer for the tech giant. Speaking at a panel at CES in Las Vegas, Jane Horvath said Apple uses specialist software to automatically screen iPhone images backed up to iCloud. Speaking at a panel at CES in Las Vegas, Jane …

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