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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by kemayo on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:58PM (#28174423)
It's a feature that only applies to kids under 18 who're in a family group, whose parents turn it on. It warns the kid before letting them see an image which machine-learning thinks is nudity. If the kid is 12 or under, their parents can be notified if they choose to see it. It apparently does no reporting to anyone apart from that parental notification.

Check the section "WHAT IS APPLE DOING WITH MESSAGES?" in this article: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22613225/apple-csam-scann...

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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by 0xy on Saturday August 14, 2021 @04:09AM (#28178972)
I shudder to think of the thousands of gay children this will out to their unaccepting parents, some resulting in physical, verbal or emotional abuse -- or worse.

This feature is a catastrophe.

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Re:Apple Regrets Confusion over 'iPhone Scanning' by thrownaway810 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @07:18AM (#28179764)
The thousands of gay children under the age of 13, whose parents have opted into this program, who are sending or receiving pornographic images via iMessage and have chosen when prompted to notify their parents of that?

I can’t imagine that’s a big issue…

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