Is Apple’s image-scan plan a wise move or the start of a slippery slope? | John Naughton
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/14/will-apples-image-scan-plan-protect-children-or-just-threaten-privacy
The tech giant says its iCloud security update is designed to help weed out images of abuse their children, but activists have voiced concerns
Once upon a time, updates of computer operating systems were of interest only to geeks. No longer – at least in relation to Apple’s operating systems, iOS and Mac OS. You may recall how Version 14.5 of iOS, which required users to opt in to tracking, had the online advertising racketeers in a tizzy while their stout ally, Facebook, stood up for them. Now, the forthcoming version of iOS has libertarians, privacy campaigners and “thin-end-of-the-wedge” worriers in a spin.
Is Apple’s image-scan plan a wise move or the start of a slippery slope? | John Naughton
Aug 14, 2021, 5:27pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/14/will-apples-image-scan-plan-protect-children-or-just-threaten-privacy
> The tech giant says its iCloud security update is designed to help weed out images of abuse their children, but activists have voiced concerns
> Once upon a time, updates of computer operating systems were of interest only to geeks. No longer – at least in relation to Apple’s operating systems, iOS and Mac OS. You may recall how Version 14.5 of iOS, which required users to opt in to tracking, had the online advertising racketeers in a tizzy while their stout ally, Facebook, stood up for them. Now, the forthcoming version of iOS has libertarians, privacy campaigners and “thin-end-of-the-wedge” worriers in a spin.