Financial Times: Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery

[Peter Fairbrother]

On 06/08/2021 07:45, jim bell wrote:
> Financial Times: Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery.
> https://www.ft.com/content/14440f81-d405-452f-97e2-a81458f5411f  <https://www.ft.com/content/14440f81-d405-452f-97e2-a81458f5411f>
> 
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Surely that is the job of the NSA, not Apple?


It would be the criminal offense of unlawful interception if they did it 
in the UK.

Not that UK law is much good, but "they" do need a warrant to look at 
content for that sort of purpose. Except sometimes one warrant can cover 
a hell of a lot of content...  but not that.

And Apple couldn't get such a warrant anyway, it could only be issued to 
Police or similar.



Peter Fairbrother