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Apple’s plan to protect kids by scanning your iPhone

Recode Daily

Recode

Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Apple announced new child safety features for the upcoming iOS 15 update. But, one of the measures has privacy advocates in an uproar: the ability to scan photos for child sexual abuse material on the iPhone itself. Recode’s Sara Morrison (@saramorrison) breaks down this new technology. Read Sara’s story about Apple’s new features here. And John Gruber wrote an excellent, in-depth analysis of the new updates. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) Producer: Sofi LaLonde Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Apple has come under fire after announcing expanded protections for children in iOS 15.

0:52.2

These new updates apply to search and Siri, messages, both SMS and iMessage, and the

0:57.6

iCloud photo library.

0:59.8

This update to photos on iCloud allows Apple to scan a user's iPhone photos for child sexual

1:05.0

abuse materials, also known as CSAM, and it's garnering strong criticism from privacy advocates.

1:11.4

I mean, at face value, this seems like a good thing.

1:14.8

Who wouldn't want stronger protections for kids when it comes to technology?

1:18.5

And even Apple's competitors like Google and Facebook have been using this technology

1:22.6

for a while.

1:24.0

The big concern that experts have, though, is that Apple, a company known for its commitment

1:28.2

to user privacy, has now built a back door into its hardware, when they could be used

1:32.9

by the government or malicious actors, to gain access to user data.

1:41.4

Here to explain, is recode Sarah Morrison.

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