WhatsApp hits out at Apple over iPhone child safety feature, says it is open to abuse

WhatsApp hits out at Apple over iPhone child safety feature, says it is open to abuse

The Star Online - Tech·2021-08-09 19:04

Tech major Apple has announced that it will be rolling out a feature that would police photos on users' iPhones in an effort to detect and stop child abuse imagery from being circulated. Apple has said that its system would screen photos for child abuse images and that this would happen before users upload them from their iPhones in the US to its iCloud storage.While it has received praise from various child-protection organisations, Apple has been slammed by others who see some sinister consequences of looking into users' mobile phones. They fear it would provide governments, and malicious actors, a chance to misuse the system. It all begs the question — will other tech majors be interested in doing something similar?

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