Apple Reportedly Scanned ICloud E-mail For Child Abuse Material Since 2019

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Apple's moves have raised questions about the company's commitment to privacy.

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reportedly has been scanning some users' emails for Video Bokep child abuse imagery since 2019, Porn Video according to a new report, Indo Bokep adding new details to the ongoing debate about the company's stance on user . Earlier this month, Video Bokep Apple said it would  to scan some people's , and Porn Sex Mac computers for Video Bokep child abuse imagery, Video Porno worrying security and Porn Video privacy advocates who say the system could be .
The company told the publication 9to5Mac it had been scanning iCloud Mail emails for Video Bokep child abuse imagery for Video Porno the past two years, Porn Video a detail it didn't appear to explicitly disclose to customers. Apple had said on 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, Video Bokep without going into further detail other than to say it didn't include iPhone or Foto Telanjang iPad backups.





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Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for Porn Video further comment.

The latest revelation adds a wrinkle to the heated debate about Apple's approach to user privacy. For Bokep years, Bokep Apple's marketed its devices as more secure and Foto Telanjang trustworthy than those of its competitors. It's gone so far as to publicly criticize and over their ad-supported business models, Porn Sex telling customers that because Apple Foto Telanjang makes money by selling it and Indo Bokep other tools to make money. Apple also mocked the tech industry with a billboard at the 2019 in Las Vegas, Video Porno with a picture of an iPhone and Video Bokep the statement "." 

When Apple announced its new scanning technology, Porn Video it emphasized plans to Foto Porno run scans on devices . The company said it preferred to run scans on the device rather than on its servers, Bokep saying it would allow privacy advocates to audit its systems and Video Bokep ensure they .

"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," , Bokep Apple's head of software engineering, Indo Bokep said in an  earlier this month.

Though privacy advocates question Apple's moves, Video Bokep 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, Porn Video according to a , Porn Video 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 had led it to become "the greatest platform for distributing child Porn Video." The message was made with Fortnite maker Epic Games.























































































































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