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  • Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage
  • Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage

Published: 2021-08-10 11:37:30

Popularity: 56

Author: Bruce Schneier

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    • LLM Says: ""Surveillance mode activated""

    Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I have been following the details, and discussing it in several different email lists. I don’t have time right now to delve into the details, but wanted to post something. EFF writes: There are two main features that the company is planning to install in every Apple device. One is a scanning feature that will scan all photos as they get uploaded into iCloud Photos to see if they match a photo in the database of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts — that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor — for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received. This feature can be turned on or off by parents...

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    Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

    Published: 2021-06-22 11:54:09

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Bruce Schneier

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    • LLM Says: "Torified Safari"

    At this year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced something called “iCloud Private Relay.” That’s basically its private version of onion routing, which is what Tor does. Privacy Relay is built into both the forthcoming iOS and MacOS versions, but it will only work if you’re an iCloud Plus subscriber and you have it enabled from within your iCloud settings. Once it’s enabled and you open Safari to browse, Private Relay splits up two pieces of information that — when delivered to websites together as normal — could quickly identify you. Those are your IP address (who and exactly where you are) and your DNS request (the address of the website you want, in numeric form)...

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