Child pornography: a banner “Do not scan our phones” flew over Apple Park

EFF took out the grand game with a banner pulled by a plane that flew over Apple Park to criticize Apple’s anti-child pornography measures. “Apple: don’t scan our phones! eff.org/apple “, can we read.

A banner criticizing Apple’s measures

This EFF intervention took place on a very specific day. Indeed, the international NGO for the protection of Internet freedoms reveals that it did so on September 14, the day Apple held its keynote to present the iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, iPad mini 6 and iPad 9.

On his site, the EFF says it has chosen to use this form of aerial advertising to ensure Apple’s plans against child pornography do not go unnoticed. The NGO also flew the same banner over 1 Infinite Loop, the former Apple headquarters that the group largely left a few years ago.

One of Apple’s measures to combat child pornography is to scan photos on users’ iPhones. The scan is carried out at the hash level of each photo, which is then compared with a database. Apple is doing what is necessary to notify the authorities in the event of a correspondence.

This scanning function was initially supposed to see the light of day with iOS 15 (first in the United States). But Apple recently announced that the feature is being postponed due to critics.