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Man pleads guilty to stealing naked photos from iCloud accounts

A man in Los Angeles County stole more than 620,000 photographs and videos from thousands of iCloud accounts with the intent to steal nudes — some of which ultimately ended up on porn websites.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 15

Researchers who built rudimentary CSAM system say Apple's is a danger

A pair of Princeton researchers claim that Apple's CSAM detection system is dangerous because they explored and warned against similar technology, but the two systems are far from identical.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 46

San Francisco doctor charged with possessing child pornography in iCloud

Amid controversy surrounding Apple's CSAM detection system, a San Francisco Bay Area doctor has been charged with possessing child pornography in his Apple iCloud account, according to federal authorities.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 44

Apple details user privacy, security features built into its CSAM scanning system

Apple has published a new document that provides more detail about the security and privacy of its new child safety features, including how it's designed to prevent misuse.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 71

Apple's Federighi says child protection message was 'jumbled,' 'misunderstood'

Craig Federighi has said that Apple was wrong to release three child protection features at the same time, and wishes the confusion had been avoided.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 90

Apple privacy head explains privacy protections of CSAM detection system

Apple's privacy chief Erik Neuenschwander has detailed some of the projections built into the company's CSAM scanning system that prevent it from being used for other purposes - including clarifying that the system performs no hashing if iCloud Photos is off.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 62

Fed expansion of Apple's CSAM system barred by 4th Amendment, Corellium exec says

Government abuses of Apple's CSAM iCloud detection system in the U.S., like expansion to terrorist subjects and similar matters, is prevented by the Fourth Amendment, according to security firm Corellium's chief operating officer.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 30

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AppleInsider Staff 4 years ago 0

New FAQ says Apple will refuse pressure to expand child safety tools beyond CSAM

Apple has published a response to privacy criticisms of its new iCloud Photos feature of scanning for child abuse images, saying it "will refuse" government pressures to infringe privacy.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 98

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