Bulk Surveillance

[sussle]

this one's for all the iPhone owners...Apple plans to scan all your phones, as well as iCloud accounts, ostensibly looking for kiddie porn. a bad idea on a number of levels, but no surprise - it is exactly what iPhone users signed up for, whether they know it or not.

Apple intends to install software on American iPhones to scan for child abuse imagery, according to people briefed on its plans, raising alarm among security researchers who warn that it could open the door to surveillance of millions of people’s personal devices....

...Although the system is currently trained to spot child sex abuse, it could be adapted to scan for any other targeted imagery and text, for instance, terror beheadings or anti-government signs at protests, say researchers. Apple’s precedent could also increase pressure on other tech companies to use similar techniques.

“This will break the dam — governments will demand it from everyone,” said Matthew Green, a security professor at Johns Hopkins University, who is believed to be the first researcher to post a tweet about the issue.

the proverbial slippery slope, you betcha.

Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery

amp.ft.com

 

[Ifallalot]

Might be time to become a green text pariah

 

[Kento]

The slippery slope begins. My dream of people rejecting them en masse and having society pull its head out of its ass (hands?) with an attention span beyond 2 seconds may actually come true.

Yeah right.

 

[ghost_of_lewis_samuels]

what happens when two 16 year olds send eachother nudes?

 

[grapedrink]

does the photo of the well hung baby that keenfish always posts count? Asking for a friend

 

[Kento]

what happens when two 16 year olds send eachother nudes?

Bill Gates comes a knocking?

 

[ghost_of_lewis_samuels]

Bill Gates comes a knocking?

Its a real and interesting/troubling question.

Teens do teen stuff (obvi)

Young people fuck (as we all know) and now they send nudes to one another. What happens when your chick sends your a nude and you are both underage? You both goto jail and are labeled as a danger to minors ?

It's an odd set of questions for lawmakers but pretty real as well.

 

[Phi1]

Matt Gatez comes a knocking?

Fixt.

 

[Kento]

Its a real and interesting/troubling question.

Teens do teen stuff (obvi)

Young people fook (as we all know) and now they send nudes to one another. What happens when your chick sends your a nude and you are both underage? You both goto jail and are labeled as a danger to minors ?

It's an odd set of questions for lawmakers but pretty real as well.

Not to mention it's all in the cloud for the skilled to pillage. Not sure how you handle the legalities of youth getting around that filter because couldn't anyone apply whatever age they want? Either crack down with extreme authority or its a complete free-for-all. Not much in between it seems.

Pandora's Box is going to be a bitch to close.

 

[sussle]

how about something a lot more innocent? pictures of your toddler in the bathtub, for example.

 

[ghost_of_lewis_samuels]

how about something a lot more innocent? pictures of your toddler in the bathtub, for example.

Yes similar conundrum.
Most people don't traffic child porn.