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Apple iѕ raising privacy concerns ѡith its devices.
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Apple’s new feature, and the concern that’s sprung up around it, represent an important debate about the company’s commitment to privacy. Apple has long promised that its devices and software are designed to protect users’ privacy. The company even dramatized that with  of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, which said, “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.””We at Apple believe privacy is a fundamental human right,” Apple CEO Tim Cook .

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Apple’s scanning technology is part of a trio of new features the company is planning for this fall. Apple also is enabling its Siri voice assistant to offer links and resources to people it believes may be in a serious situation, such as a child in danger. Advocates had been asking for that type of feature for a while.It’s also adding a feature to its messages app to proactively protect children from explicit content, whether it’s in a green-bubble SMS conversation or blue-bubble iMessage encrypted chat. This new capability is specifically designed for devices registered under a child’s iCloud account and will warn if it detects an e