Apple has announced that they have added a new “feature” into their phones that lest Apple scan your images to try and catch pictures that you should not have. Talk about shooting your dick off..
Apple Tries to Calm Backlash Over Privacy Concerns of Their Spying On Customer’s iPhones
Apple says… “We added a new back door to our supposedly secure iPhones that helps Apple scan your phone for crap that we don’t like, and then we’ll report you to authorities.. BUT WE WON’T ABUSE OUR BACK DOOR INTO YOUR PHONE. TRUST US!”
Yea, right! I trust Apple about as much as I trust pollsters, CNN or the democrats. If you’ve ever read any of our stories you’d know that we think these companies are the most corrupt bunch of criminals the world has ever witnessed.
“No matter how well-intentioned, @Apple is rolling out mass surveillance to the entire world with this. Make no mistake: if they can scan for kiddie porn today, they can scan for anything tomorrow.” – NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
Actually, Apple probably won’t report you to authorities because they will most likely give access to your iPhone DIRECTLY to the FBI, CIA, or any other corrupt joke of a government agency that wants access.
“Even a thoroughly documented, carefully thought-out, and narrowly-scoped backdoor is still a backdoor. We’ve already seen this mission creep in action. One of the technologies originally built to scan and hash child sexual abuse imagery has been repurposed to create a database of ‘terrorist’ content that companies can contribute to and access for the purpose of banning such content.” – Electronic Frontier Foundation
GLAD I DECIDED LONG AGO TO NEVER, EVER BUY APPLE PRODUCTS!
Recently, Apple announced a new addition to its upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 firmware for iPhones and iPads. The new feature will allow Apple to scan user photos stored in Apple’s iCloud service and determine if they contain sexually explicit images involving children. Following a blowback against the Masters of the Universe scanning the devices of its customers, the company is now promising it will not abuse the feature or allow governments to dictate what types of data iPhones are scanned for.
Apple claims that the way it detects CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) is “designed with user privacy in mind,” and it is not directly accessing iCloud users’ photos but rather utilizing a device-local, hash-based lookup and matching system to cross-reference the hashes of user photos with the hashes of known CSAM.
However, many privacy experts are apprehensive about the new system. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted about the issue stating: “No matter how well-intentioned, @Apple is rolling out mass surveillance to the entire world with this. Make no mistake: if they can scan for kiddie porn today, they can scan for anything tomorrow.”
Snowden was not the only privacy expert to raise concerns over the issue; the Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote: “Even a thoroughly documented, carefully thought-out, and narrowly-scoped backdoor is still a backdoor. We’ve already seen this mission creep in action. One of the technologies originally built to scan and hash child sexual abuse imagery has been repurposed to create a database of ‘terrorist’ content that companies can contribute to and access for the purpose of banning such content.”
Now, Apple is attempting to reassure users that their privacy will remain intact with the implementation of this new feature. The Verge reports that Apple has stated that it will not be influenced by foreign governments to use the new tech to violate user privacy.
“Let us be clear, this technology is limited to detecting CSAM [child sexual abuse material] stored in iCloud and we will not accede to any government’s request to expand it,” the company stated.
Apple claims that its system “only works with CSAM image hashes provided by NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) and other child safety organizations.”
Apple added: “We have faced demands to build and deploy government-mandated changes that degrade the privacy of users before, and have steadfastly refused those demands. We will continue to refuse them in the future.”
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