Apple released an FAQ in which it tried to allay fears that its new measures to combat child abuse could become tools for total surveillance. Previously, the company was criticized for its intention to start scanning photos in iCloud in search of pictures of child abuse. Edward Snowden, the heads of WhatsApp and Epic Games, opposed, and thousands of people signed an open letter to Apple.
Apple explained that the technology is limited to searches for child sex abuse material. The company does not intend to comply with any government request to expand this function. Apple clarified that it has previously faced requests from the authorities to implement tools that will worsen user privacy, but the company has always rejected such requests.
This is how Apple responded to everyone who feared that the new option would allow users to search for more than child abuse material among their photos. Someone expressed fears that totalitarian states could use this to seek out LGBT people. In general, any person can suffer from abuse of a function.
Despite all of the company's assurances, skeptics remain. The Verge reminded that earlier Apple had already made concessions to some states. For example, in China, a company once removed thousands of apps from the App Store at the behest of the government, and moved user data to government-run servers.
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