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In 15.2, they are scanning text messages for “nudity”. Oddly, no post here on HN about that.

My guess is it’s already quietly pushed, but the flag needs turned on.

https://petapixel.com/2021/12/13/apple-to-release-nudity-det...

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mlindner|4 years ago

It's local only and they already scan your photos on-device anyway. All the images have been processed for content and you can do content aware searches on the images.

kevinmgranger|4 years ago

Is it local-only? If so, it has far fewer privacy implications than CSAM scanning.

sharklazer|4 years ago

Yes, local only as far as I understand. But how many additional steps does it take to turn the process into CSAM scanning? It looks really close, even without squinting. Caveat that I have no certain info though.

jaywalk|4 years ago

There has been talk about it here, but it coincided with the CSAM scanning which got much more coverage.

sharklazer|4 years ago

Thanks, I guess I missed it. Too many things going on in this modern world to have a complete picture.

Copernicron|4 years ago

It hasn't gotten as much coverage so far but that could very well change. A lot of people aren't happy that iMessage now has an easily exploitable backdoor built in.