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Apple can scan your photos for child abuse and still protect your privacy – if the company keeps its promises

  • Written by Mayank Varia, Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, Boston University
imageIf you have an Apple device and upload photos to iCloud, the company will use some clever math to sniff them for instances of child abuse – without actually looking at the photos.Vinicius "amnx" Amano/Unsplash

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