Apple's child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack

Apple's soon-to-be-launched algorithm to detect images of child sexual abuse on iPhones and iPads may incorrectly flag people as being in possession of illegal images, warn researchers

Apple's child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack
Technology 20 August 2021

By Matthew Sparkes

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Apple has plans to observe images of kid intersexual maltreatment connected immoderate of its devices

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Apple’s soon-to-be-launched algorithm to observe images of kid intersexual maltreatment connected iPhones and iPads whitethorn incorrectly emblem radical arsenic being successful possession of amerciable images, pass researchers.

NeuralHash volition beryllium launched successful the US with an update to iOS and iPadOS aboriginal this year. The instrumentality volition comparison a hash – a unsocial drawstring of characters created by an algorithm – of each representation uploaded to the unreality with a database of hashes for known images …

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