Watchman Privacy 12 - Apple Cannot Give You Privacy
Aug 27, 2021
Explore the implications of Apple's recent 'Child Safety' update, where surveillance and privacy collide. Discover how features like iCloud photo scanning and nudity detection threaten user privacy. Learn why true privacy isn't something corporations can grant. Gabriel Custodiet offers practical tips to avoid Apple's surveillance, including switching to safer messaging apps and considering alternatives to the Apple ecosystem. Dive into a conversation about balancing safety and freedom in an increasingly monitored digital world.
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Apple Scanning Clouds Reveals Contradiction
- Apple will scan iCloud photos for CSAM hashes and report matches to authorities.
- The feature shows Apple is willing to inspect user data despite privacy claims.
Hashing Masks But Enables Enforcement
- Apple will hash images on-device and compare them to the NCMEC database before upload.
- A hash match triggers account closure and a report to law enforcement.
Messaging And Search Are Now Policed
- Apple will also scan Messages for nudity and blur it for child accounts, and monitor searches for CSAM.
- This expands device-level surveillance beyond cloud storage into communications and search.
