Less than a month ago, the Pegasus Project revealed that many devices were targeted and surveilled by exploiting the vulnerabilities in Apple’s iMessage.
“Apple’s plans for on-device surveillance jeopardize everyone’s privacy, can be abused by authoritarian governments and malicious actors, and represent a crucial diversion from Apple’s prioritization so far of end-to-end encryption, privacy, and security,” said Namrata Maheshwari, Encryption Policy Fellow at Access Now. However, the measures Apple plans to implement are not a viable or proportionate solution, and they put everyone’s privacy and security at risk by circumventing end-to-end encryption and reducing individuals’ control over their own device.
These updates are part of Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” and aim to help limit the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), which is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. Apple has built its brand on the promise to defend privacy - but the company has signaled a foundational shift in its approach with its Augannouncement of system updates that will introduce monitoring of all photos uploaded to iCloud as well as certain images sent via iMessage, side-stepping encryption.
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