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Apple Plans to Put Software on Every iPhone to Detect Child Abuse Images: Report

‘APPALLING IDEA’

The software scans photos stored on a user’s device and iCloud account, then flags concerning images to a team of reviewers.

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Apple Inc. is ruffling feathers with a controversial plan to install software on all iPhones that detects child abuse imagery, Financial Times reports. The company plans to roll out software called “neuralMatch” that scans photos stored on a user’s device and iCloud account, then flags concerning images to a team of...

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