Both the NCMEC database and the flagged images in question cannot be viewed by Apple, nor can any human view the flagged images until the userвЂ™s collection of CSAM reaches a certain вЂњthresholdвЂќ of images.ДЄpple will not scan photos sent and received in the Messages app for CSAM, only those uploaded to iCloud Photos (photos in Messages to minors participating in the safety feature will be scanned for sexual imagery). Will Apple look at your photos?ДЄpple says it is not looking at photos themselves, so there is no chance of someone getting a glimpse of any actual images, unless they are submitted for human review after meeting certain requirements. Apple says the chances a user will be marked as a false positive are one in one trillion. When a collection вЂњthresholdвЂќ has been reached, Apple says it will manually verify the contents of the images and report the images to NCMEC while locking the user out of their Apple ID. They point out that it will compare unique image hashes, and not the images themselves.ДЄpple says it can only take action when it discovers a вЂњcollectionвЂќ of known CSAM imagery after theyвЂ™ve been uploaded to your iCloud Photo Library. The new tools also seemingly run counter to AppleвЂ™s strong stance on privacy and denying access to user data requests by law enforcement.ДЄpple says the tool will scan the images before theyвЂ™re uploaded to iCloud Photos and compare them to its database of known CSAM image IDs with unique fingerprints (also called вЂњhashesвЂќ). According to a New York Times report, Apple has already allowed Chinese state employees to run its servers, which store personal data for Chinese iOS users. Some see it as a step toward the erosion of true data encryption and privacy, where access to a userвЂ™s image library in any way can be used by governments willing to pressure Apple into playing along. But the company is far from the first to scan user generated activity for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).Д«oth AppleвЂ™s CSAM detection tool for iCloud Photos and the new explicit image scanning tool for minors is considered invasive by privacy advocates and cybersecurity experts. On the surface, it might seem as though Apple is compromising its intended goal of increased user privacy for the purpose of monitoring photos, and some experts agree. Children age 13 through 17 will still receive a warning when opening an image, but their parents will not receive a notification should the image be opened.ДЄppleвЂ™s new set of child safety features, made by collaborating with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), seeks to protect children from abusive activity and sexual imagery. Parents must opt in to the communication safety feature in Messages, and will be notified if an explicit image is opened if the child is 12 years or younger. Apple says the image scanning tool was trained on pornography, and can detect sexually explicit content. The Messages feature, designed for minors, will alert parents when sexually explicit imagery is being shared, warning the minor not to view the content, and alerting the parent should they decide to look.

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