Edward Snowden reported that Apple wants to collect information from smartphones. Within the framework of the marathon “New knowledge“A former employee of the US National Security Agency spoke about the development of the Cupertino company, which will allow you to view data not only” in the cloud “, but also on the devices themselves.
Snowden explained that previously, cloud companies scanned information for illegal content “on their side”, but now Apple is doing something completely different.
“They want to search for illegal, illegal content on your devices,” said Snowden.
What Apple will do with the information received – the government will decide. Will the company be able to refuse the USA, Russia, China or Germany, France, Great Britain? Of course not.
“They cannot if they want to sell their products and services in these countries. And that’s dangerous, ”notes Snowden.
Earlier it was reported that Apple has postponed the launch of the function of checking photos in iOS 15. This is a technology to search for content related to child abuse.
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