Apple is scanning iCloud photos to check for child abuse

08/01/2020 | The Telegraph

Apple’s chief privacy officer has revealed at the CES tech conference that the company automatically screens images backed up to the company’s online storage service, iCloud, to check whether they contain the illegal photos in order to do more to tackle the crime.

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