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One thing I’m wondering though. For Apple to throw its whole privacy schtick out the window, what were they promised in return? A favourable outcome in the Epic case?Governments backing off on allowing third party app stores? Exclusion from right-…
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doggone said: I understand that Apple are trying to do a good thing here but this really goes against the grain as far as privacy is concerned. What also worries me is the this can be used by people to bribe or blackmail. There a plenty of w…
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Hah! My Android-loving friends were gleefully all over this. They asked me if I'll now consider a high-end Android for my next phone. "All that's happened," I said, "is that one of the reasons for not choosing an Android phone – better privacy on A…
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chasm said: Seems like nearly all commenter didn’t read the article, or even the headline, before commenting. To be fair, most other media outlets offer way worse headlines, and not a one I’ve seen outside of AppleInsider has even attempted …
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IreneW said: Rayz2016 said: [fx]Sound of brake pedal hitting the footwell, screeching tires, seatbelt inertia reel mechanism pulling tight[/fx] Google has been doing this since 2013 https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-org…
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mrstep said: jungmark said: Apple is only scanning images in iCloud. And only comparing the hashes to known images in the CSAM database. So your kid taking a bath won’t get flagged. Literally not the case, they're running the scan on …
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Worth taking a look at Matthew Green’s Twitter feed. Some fascinating stuff in there. He points out that Apple is using a fuzzy matching algorithm, and that it's possible to have false matches that will flag due to the the fuzziness of the match. H…
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For the first time in 28 years I’m considering leaving Apple products. Child pornography is disgusting and an outrage, but overreach of power is currently running rampant in the US and that will eventually ruin an entire country A Trojan horse is th…
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[fx]Sound of brake pedal hitting the footwell, screeching tires, seatbelt inertia reel mechanism pulling tight[/fx] Google has been doing this since 2013 https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-org/our-continued-commitment-to-combating/ A…
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And of course, any self-respecting pedophile won’t be sending their collection to the cloud anyway, or will switch off iCloud photos as soon as this lands, so the only folk this is targeting are non-pedophiles.
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georgie01 said: For the first time in 28 years I’m considering leaving Apple products. Child pornography is disgusting and an outrage, but overreach of power is currently running rampant in the US and that will eventually ruin an entire coun…
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ArchStanton said: Rayz2016 said: ArchStanton said: Rayz2016 said: Hah! I said: The more I read about this, the more ridiculous it sounds. Apple spends the past three years banging on about privacy, then starts scanning …
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StrangeDays said: Rayz2016 said: Mike Wuerthele said: OutdoorAppDeveloper said: This is tremendously dangerous. Pattern matching can create false hits triggering ... what exactly? Transferring your data to a third party f…
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heli0s said: Rayz2016 said: A colossal fuck-up now means that someone’s life is ruined. What if that someone is the child? Mmm. The article’s locked, but anyway … What if parents didn’t give young children mobile phones and then…
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Mike Wuerthele said: OutdoorAppDeveloper said: This is tremendously dangerous. Pattern matching can create false hits triggering ... what exactly? Transferring your data to a third party for their inspection without your permission? Ke…
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ArchStanton said: Rayz2016 said: Hah! I said: The more I read about this, the more ridiculous it sounds. Apple spends the past three years banging on about privacy, then starts scanning your photo library? I don’t buy it, and no one …
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Hah! I said: The more I read about this, the more ridiculous it sounds. Apple spends the past three years banging on about privacy, then starts scanning your photo library? I don’t buy it, and no one would buy another iPhone if they thought their …
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StrangeDays said: crowley said: Man, people in here certainly enjoy extrapolating their ideas of how things might work to hypothetical situations that might happen in order to find thing that are definitely wrong with this. This pat…
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lkrupp said: Rayz2016 said: I’d quite like an Apple Watch that won’t die in a sauna. Then don’t push for right-to-repair where we go back to gaskets and screws. I have never pushed for right-to-repair. If you don’t like the way …
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A failure so huge it can be seen from space. Letting them get onto the App Store is one thing, but does this mean Apple doesn’t even run the apps it’s promoting?