Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac owners are currently facing multiple threats, but Apple’s new CSAM detection system has generated greater controversy than all the rest combined. CSAM detection works by matching a user’s images to illegal material. Apple's Privacy statement from its official privacy homepage Apple“I can’t think of any other company that has so proudly, and so publicly, distributed spyware to its own devices... To put it bluntly, this is not an innovation but a tragedy, a disaster-in-the-making.”To date, Apple has defended its CSAM detection system saying it was poorly communicated. ___Follow Gordon on FacebookMore On ForbesNew iPhone iMessage Flaw Enables ‘Zero Click’ HackResearchers Label Apple’s CSAM Detection System ‘Dangerous’

Source: Forbes August 28, 2021 16:44 UTC