Apple this week announced a new system that will report images of child exploitation photos before uploading to iCloud storage.
“NeuralHash” tool, Which is designed to detect illegal images and will be used to scan images before uploading. If it finds a match describing child sexual abuse, it will be reported and reviewed manually.
If the picture is confirmed as a child pornographic picture, the user’s account will be disabled and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will be contacted.
Although the tool is being tested in the United States and has been praised by child protection organizations, it has been criticized by privacy advocates who believe it may lead to further government surveillance and content restrictions.
Among those critics Apple’s competitor, WhatsApp, uses end-to-end encryption for some messages, which are reported to allow the trading of child abuse images on the platform.
Will Cathcart, head of Whatsapp, talked about Apple’s new system via Twitter.
“Apple did not focus on making it easy for people to report what was shared with them, but instead built software that can scan all private photos on their phones-even photos you haven’t shared with anyone,” He posted on friday.
“This is not privacy,” Cascade added.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) also opposes the use of technology, claiming that Apple may allow the government to access encrypted data.
“Apple It can be explained in detail how its technical implementation will protect privacy and security in its proposed backdoor, but in the final analysis, even a fully documented, well-thought-out and narrow backdoor is still a backdoor,” EFF said in a blog post.
Apple Join other cloud services, such as Google and Facebook, which have systems for identifying and deleting illegal images.
Photo: Apple/Brooks Kraft
