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Apple Clears Its Stand on CSAM

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  Apple has been in the headlines for quite some time now due to its rules on kid safety. In recent days, Apple stated that it would roll out a new function that would check the iCloud of users for pictures of child sexual assault. Apple’s statement drew the ire of privacy activists, who slammed the company’s decision. Apple, on the other hand, has recently published a clarification, stating that it would only utilize its technology to scan pictures that have previously “been reported by clearinghouses in several countries.” Threshold of 30 It was reported by the news agency Reuters that Apple said that a threshold of 30 pictures should be found in a person’s phone before Apple’s technology notifies the business that a human should examine it and determine whether it should be submitted to law enforcement. Apple said that the company would begin with 30 employees, but the number would decrease in the following days. The cryptographic architecture prevents Apple servers from decrypt...