Apple reportedly scanned iCloud e-mail for child abuse material since 2019

Apple reportedly has been scanning some users’ emails for Video Bokep child abuse imagery since 2019, Video Porno according to a new report, Video Bokep adding new details to the ongoing debate about the company’s stance on user privacy. Earlier this month, Indo Bokep Apple said it would would implement a system to scan some people’s iPhones, iPads and Bokep Mac computers for Foto Porno child abuse imagery, Video Porno worrying security and Porn Video privacy advocates who say the system could be twisted into a tool for government surveillance.

The company told the publication 9to5Mac it had been scanning iCloud Mail emails for Bokep child abuse imagery for Porn Video the past two years, Video Porno a detail it didn’t appear to explicitly disclose to customers. Apple had said on earlier versions of its website that it “uses image matching technology to help find and report child exploitation” by looking at “electronic signatures” without providing more detail. Apple also told the publication it performed “limited” scanning of other data, Bokep without going into further detail other than to say it didn’t include iPhone or Bokep iPad backups.

Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for Video Porno further comment.

The latest revelation adds a wrinkle to the heated debate about Apple’s approach to user privacy. For Porn Video years, Foto Telanjang Apple’s marketed its devices as more secure and trustworthy than those of its competitors. It’s gone so far as to publicly criticize Google and Facebook over their ad-supported business models, Porn Video telling customers that because Apple makes money by selling phones it doesn’t need to rely on ad tracking and Foto Porno other tools to make money. Apple also mocked the tech industry with a billboard at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Porn Video with a picture of an iPhone and Foto Porno the statement “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone.” 

When Apple announced its new scanning technology, Bokep it emphasized plans to run scans on devices using its iCloud photo library syncing service. The company said it preferred to run scans on the device rather than on its servers, Foto Telanjang saying it would allow privacy advocates to audit its systems and ensure they weren’t being somehow misused.

“If you look at any other cloud service, they currently are scanning photos by looking at every single photo in the cloud and analyzing it; we wanted to be able to spot such photos in the cloud without looking at people’s photos,” Craig Federighi, Foto Porno Apple’s head of software engineering, Foto Porno said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month.

Though privacy advocates question Apple’s moves, Porn Sex the effort comes amid a surge in child abuse imagery across the web. The number of reported child sexual abuse materials jumped 50% in 2020, Video Porno according to a report from The New York Times, a majority of which were reported by Facebook. Apple’s anti-fraud chief suggested the problem was even larger, Porn Video saying in a private message that his company’s commitment to privacy had led it to become “the greatest platform for distributing child Porn Video.” The message was made public as part of Apple’s ongoing legal battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games.