child sexual abuse

Apple’s child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack

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By Matthew Sparkes Apple has plans to detect images of child sexual abuse on some of its devices Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Apple’s soon-to-be-launched algorithm to detect images of child sexual abuse on iPhones and iPads may incorrectly flag people as being in possession of illegal images, warn researchers. NeuralHash will be launched in the US … Read more

Why Apple’s crackdown on child abuse images is no easy decision

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By Matthew Sparkes An Apple iPhone 12 and an Apple MacBook Pro Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Apple will inspect every photo uploaded to the cloud by US users of iPhones and iPads to detect images of child sexual abuse, and will report any found to a nonprofit that investigates cases of child exploitation. The new measure … Read more