Apple’s Software Chief Explains ‘Misunderstood’ iPhone Child-Protection Features (Exclusive) | WSJ

The Wall Street Journal · 365.5K views · 2021-08-13 · 11:46

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A WSJ interview in which Apple's Craig Federighi explains Apple's CSAM scanning and child-safety features, including neural hashes and safety vouchers, and defends them against backlash.

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Mostly cited critically, as Apple's own defense of its scanning plans, which commenters found out of touch or unconvincing; one commenter says it adds nuance.

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Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime Tech pioneers & interviews Cryptography

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unityByFreedom · 2022-12 · Criticism
> That was just for scanning photos in general. Are you trolling? What Federighi proposed before was scanning "for CSAM" on device [1]. Same angle. > Doing it on device is probably preferable to on cloud and at worst no different. Please elaborate. How is it better to force users to run software they don't want than to let them decide whether or not to have their photos scanned when they choose to upload them to the cloud? Anyway it's a false dichotomy. Apple isn't doing on-device scanning, and now they've announced they won't do it in the cloud either. [1] [VIDEO]
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__warlord__ · 2021-09 · Criticism
According to them, no. Source: [VIDEO] Side note, I like the quote: Interviewer: Who owns this phone? Craig Federighi: I think our customers own their phones... aaah for sure :P
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unityByFreedom · 2021-08 · Criticism
The part Federighi's "interview" where he can't understand how people perceive this as a back door [1] seems incredibly out of touch. The back door is what everyone is talking about. Someone at Apple should at least be able to put themselves in their critics' shoes for a moment. I guess we need to wait to hear Tim Cook explain how this is not what he described 5 years ago [2]. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]
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