Re:Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones
by tzs on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:30PM
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It's also not a useful petition because it is about both the scanning of all iCloud uploads feature and the new parental control feature that scans incoming images on children's phones.
The parental control feature requires explicit opt in when the parent's set up the child's phone. When it finds a questionable image it warns the child and asks if they want to reject it or accept it.
If the child is at least 13 and accepts the image, that is the end of it. Their parents are not notified.
If the child is under 13 they are asked again if they really want to accept it, and told that if they do their parents will be notified.
Only if the child then goes ahead and accepts the images do the parents get notified.
Most objections to these features I've seen other than from the EFF are just on the upload scanning. I suspect that there are plenty of people who would sign a petition on that, but that are OK with the parental controls.
It would be much more useful to have separate petitions for the two features.
The parental control feature requires explicit opt in when the parent's set up the child's phone. When it finds a questionable image it warns the child and asks if they want to reject it or accept it.
If the child is at least 13 and accepts the image, that is the end of it. Their parents are not notified.
If the child is under 13 they are asked again if they really want to accept it, and told that if they do their parents will be notified.
Only if the child then goes ahead and accepts the images do the parents get notified.
Most objections to these features I've seen other than from the EFF are just on the upload scanning. I suspect that there are plenty of people who would sign a petition on that, but that are OK with the parental controls.
It would be much more useful to have separate petitions for the two features.