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Posted on 09/03/2021 10:26:52 AM PDT by dennisw
Apple DELAYS the roll-out of its controversial plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images and report 'flagged' owners to the police, following a furious backlash regarding customer privacy The tech firm revealed plans to scan US user phones and computers last month It said it would scan devices for child abuse images and report 'flagged' owners But now the firm has indefinitely delayed the roll-out following fierce criticism
The contentious plans, revealed by the tech giant on August 5, involve scanning iPhones for child abuse images and reporting 'flagged' owners to the police.
It had planned to rollout the feature for iPhones, iPads, and Mac with software updates later this year in the US.
But Apple said on Friday it would take more time to collect feedback and improve the proposed features, after the criticism of the system on privacy and other grounds both inside and outside the company.
However, child protection agencies have expressed their disappointment regarding Apple's decision today, with one criticising the assumption that 'child safety is the trojan horse for privacy erosion'.
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Bwahahahah! They ran like rats! Apple and its d-bag honchos.
What about the pics adult females have sent me?
Do they get to peruse my collection?
How is that not abuse by them?
DAMN! all those great pictures Deleted!
how do we sue Appel?
/s
They ran like rats! Video of a Howie Carr classic - https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4510747/user-clip-ran-rats
Guess pictures of one of my great grandsons (9) at the range will get them all pissed off...
Apple
They’re scanning for dissent, not child porn.
And they’ve been scanning the images for awhile.
The apple icloud “leak” called “the fappening” was due to them having a lookie loo through your pics and then an insider leaked the images collected.
Let’s be honest here kids: You don’t own your phone, computer, car, money, or house because the government can invade them, seize them, or destroy them anytime they want to with or without a warrant.
Stop pretending that you own things and start asserting your right to own them.
the Apple device we were using saw the words “sue Apple” and
censored our posting
It ain’t over yet! They are coming back again.
All one need do is to send a suspect pic to ANYONE, which is then auto-loaded to the iCloud, at least, and stored locally. Then, look out!!
Dang straight I am going to get a google phone they don’t scan anything at all.
If Apple were really series about this, they would demonstrate on Hunter Biden’s laptop ....
Manufacturers and providers can scan your phone for any content anytime they want. And, they can do anything they want with the results. Sure, you may have legal protection from them releasing results of their surveillance, but that doesn't prevent surveillance.
This instance was just a case where Apple was telling us what they were looking for.
Hasn’t Apple refused to cooperate during investigations of Rats in the past?
Apple better wake up or they are going to loose 40% of their customers.
Personal privacy is part of CA Constitution.
They are opening themselves up to a huge class action lawsuit.
The devil is in the details of the EULA!
I actually miss my old Motorola flip-phone.
It did everything I needed, e.g. to make/take phone calls.
And it was ergonomically pleasant.
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