iCloud Photos & iMessage: What you need to know about Apple's child protection
CSAM: Apple's parental controls announcement regarding iCloud Photos and iMessage ratings has sparked a lot of discussion.
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CSAM: Apple's parental controls announcement regarding iCloud Photos and iMessage ratings has sparked a lot of discussion.
CSAM detection: Apple's plans have raised concerns among some security researchers and other observers as well as users.
Privacy: An internal memo at Apple reportedly addresses concerns about CSAM and photo scanning features.
iCloud Photos under iOS 15 & Co.: Apple announced new CSAM detection techniques yesterday and caused a lot of discussion.
Child protection features: Even before Apple presented its own plans in detail, news of the CSAM initiative leaked out.
iMessage & Co.: Apple has now announced that it intends to integrate a number of features aimed at protecting children online...
Detecting child abuse in images: Apple plans to announce new photo identification features that use hash algorithms.
In an update today, Apple clarified which of its devices support Spatial Audio playback in Apple Music.
Update for the Apple Music app on Android officially introduces support for Apple's lossless and spatial audio features.
Cyberattacks: Tools produced by NSO Group may have been used to spy on journalists and activists.
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