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Re:About communication safety in Messages by miki123211 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:13AM (#32262041)
If this feature were designed to prevent unsolicited nudity, it would be far easier to turn off. It probably shouldn't trigger for people in your contacts at all, and it should have an override button for everybody else. This is not the case, and the feature is even triggered when sending messages with such photos, so this is clearly not its intended purpose.
Re:About communication safety in Messages by GlumWoodpecker on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:24AM (#32262132)
Start off by reading the linked article. The feature is opt-in, and has to be manually turned on. It only triggers on child accounts where this is enabled. It is designed to protect children from being taken advantage of by stopping both incoming and outgoing nudity.
Re:About communication safety in Messages by miki123211 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @07:17AM (#32262853)
No idea how one-child sending nude pics to another child can be described as taking advantage of anyone. Who's the perpetrator here? And while the feature is opt-in, it's opt-in by parents, and has no granular, per-message overrides when the child knows what they're doing. While a general dickpic content warning is a good idea, there should be a "see anyway" button.
Re:About communication safety in Messages by cassianoleal on Thursday July 28, 2022 @07:42AM (#32263027)
I'm sorry, I'm no happier about this feature than you seem to be, but...

> there should be a "see anyway" button

If you read the article and look at the pictures, "View photo..." is right underneath the blurred photo. It may not be called "see anyway", and it may not be a button per se, but it has the exact same effect.

Re:About communication safety in Messages by drawfloat on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:15AM (#32262056)
Isn't the feature opt-in?
Re:About communication safety in Messages by DrudgeCorporate on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:25AM (#32262145)
According to what I read in the article, yes.
Re:About communication safety in Messages by llbeansandrice on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:27PM (#32266556)
RTFA
Re:About communication safety in Messages by watwut on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:29AM (#32262182)
> It probably shouldn't trigger for people in your contacts at all

Why? If you harass someone, you will put it into contacts so that it is easier.

Re:About communication safety in Messages by john_the_writer on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:49AM (#32262331)
They mean on the receiving end. :)
Re:About communication safety in Messages by dkersten on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:47AM (#32262704)
Even on the receiving end, I could imagine someone sending dick pics or whatever after having already befriended the child, and already being in their contact list. Better would be a “ignore for future messages from this person” button, but keep the warning for the first time.
Re:About communication safety in Messages by watwut on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:39AM (#32262664)
So like, if someone harassed me, I have to remove that person from contacts and thus not have ability to identify that person?

That is absurd too.