Apple has repeatedly supported user privacy through past technical implementations and policy initiatives. However, Apple took a large and very public step in the opposite direction on Aug. 5. The company provided a technical solution that it believes would simultaneously continue to protect the privacy of peoples’ communications and devices while allowing the company to track those who share child sexual abuse material (CSAM). But in a conflict of two social goods—providing privacy and security of communications and stored data, and preventing harm to children—Apple has made a gamble that normalizes surveillance.

…Apple’s new definition of end-to-end encryption (E2E) means that Apple tools could have access to any decrypted contents. Read More