Concerns over scanning iPhone photos: Apple has announced that it plans to scan iPhones in the U.S. for nude photos, in the name of combating child pornography, The Associated Press reports via NPR. The photos will be scanned by an automated tool called neuralMatch before they’re uploaded to iCloud, but if a match to known child pornography is found, a human will also review the photo in question. The announcement has prompted objections from both privacy advocates and security experts, who say the system could be tricked in several ways.
No more Zoombombing: Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a privacy lawsuit. The video conferencing was accused of sharing users’ personal data with companies like Facebook and Google and of having lax security practices that allowed uninvited users to crash others’ video meetings, a practice called “Zoombombing.” Most Zoom subscribers will receive a small refund of $25 or less, CNBC reports.
Banning Chinese hardware: A bill in the U.S. Senate to restrict the sale of telecom equipment made by Chinese companies has passed a Senate committee and is headed to the full chamber for a vote, the South China Morning Post notes. The bill would extend the current ban on Chinese telecom equipment used by U.S. government agencies to the wider U.S. market.
