On Thursday Apple announced a new set of “protection for children” features that will look through US iPhones for images of child abuse. Another feature, which parents can enable or disable, scans iMessage images sent or received by accounts that belong to a minor. On the surface Apple’s new features sound both sensible and commendable. These reports included more than 45m images and videos that were flagged as child sexual abuse. “No matter how well-intentioned, @Apple is rolling out mass surveillance to the entire world with this,” Snowden tweeted.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2021 12:56 UTC