Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) A European Commission proposal could force tech companies to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and evidence of grooming, even when those messages are supposed to be protected by end-to-end encryption. Online services that receive “detection orders” under the pending European Union legislation would have […]
Jana Duggar is finally speaking publicly about the ongoing investigation into her actions for allegedly endangering the welfare of a child. As we’ve been reporting, the 31-year-old younger sister of convicted child pornography possessor Josh Duggar was herself cited with a misdemeanor in a newly-discovered early September incident in Northwest Arkansas. In her instance, Jana (pictured above, […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Oscar Wong) Apple said Friday that it will make some changes to its plan to have iPhones and other devices scan user photos for child-sexual-abuse images. But Apple said it still intends to implement the system after making “improvements” to address criticisms. Apple provided this statement to Ars and other […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | d3sign) More than 90 policy groups from the US and around the world signed an open letter urging Apple to drop its plan to have Apple devices scan photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). “The undersigned organizations committed to civil rights, human rights, and digital rights around the world […]
Enlarge / Apple executive Craig Federighi speaks during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan) Apple’s decision to have iPhones and other Apple company devices scan photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has sparked criticism from security experts and privacy advocates—and from some Apple […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) Apple today said it will refuse any government demands to expand its new photo-scanning technology beyond the current plan of using it only to detect CSAM (child sexual abuse material). Apple has faced days of criticism from security experts, privacy advocates, and privacy-minded users over the plan it […]