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Why is #Apple getting so much heat over its new Child Protection Mesures?
They are well-intentioned, present no risk to anyone who doesn't store child abuse material on their devices, and, frankly, there's nothing new here
#CSAM #Privacy @WiserIn10
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Why is #Apple getting so much heat over its new Child Protection Mesures?
They are well-intentioned, present no risk to anyone who doesn't store child abuse material on their devices, and, frankly, there's nothing new here
#CSAM #Privacy @WiserIn10
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Collectively known as #CSAM (child sexual abuse material), #Apple are not the first in #BigTech to use #technology to surveil its users for this
Collectively known as #CSAM (child sexual abuse material), #Apple are not the first in #BigTech to use #technology to surveil its users for this
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#Facebook has been using #algorithms to detect child abuse images since at least 2018 (which the CEO of Facebook-owned #WhatsApp seemed to have forgotten when he launched an outraged #Twitter tirade at Apple's new measures last week)
#Facebook has been using #algorithms to detect child abuse images since at least 2018 (which the CEO of Facebook-owned #WhatsApp seemed to have forgotten when he launched an outraged #Twitter tirade at Apple's new measures last week)
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#YouTube already analyzes every uploaded video for explicit or abusive scenes involving children
#YouTube already analyzes every uploaded video for explicit or abusive scenes involving children
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And Apple have had CSAM detection on iCloud email since 2019!
So, why the outrage?
And Apple have had CSAM detection on iCloud email since 2019!
So, why the outrage?
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Afterall, Apple's new measures are only triggered if the image on the devices MATCHES an image that is held on the central database of child abuse images
The new features will not be triggered by a mum uploading a cute and endearing photo of their child playing in the bath
Afterall, Apple's new measures are only triggered if the image on the devices MATCHES an image that is held on the central database of child abuse images
The new features will not be triggered by a mum uploading a cute and endearing photo of their child playing in the bath
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I get the slippery slope argument
But surveillance is part of everyday life now
You can't walk down the street without a camera filming you or your smartphone tracking your every move
I get the slippery slope argument
But surveillance is part of everyday life now
You can't walk down the street without a camera filming you or your smartphone tracking your every move
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And we know that our Governments are listening and watching...#EdwardSnowden blew that whistle 8 years ago!
And we know that our Governments are listening and watching...#EdwardSnowden blew that whistle 8 years ago!
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For me, the question on #surveillance has to be "who cares and why?"
Just because they can surveil my every move, doesn't mean that they will or want to...does it?
#ios #apple #privacy #CSAM @WiserIn10
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For me, the question on #surveillance has to be "who cares and why?"
Just because they can surveil my every move, doesn't mean that they will or want to...does it?
#ios #apple #privacy #CSAM @WiserIn10
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Footnote: to Bloomberg and all media outlets...stop labelling this as "p$rn". It isn't! It's child abuse
@business #CSAM #privacy
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Footnote: to Bloomberg and all media outlets...stop labelling this as "p$rn". It isn't! It's child abuse
@business #CSAM #privacy
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