iOS 17 will expand Communication Security globally

2023-06-21 20:40:23

According to MacRumorsApple will expand worldwide the resource Communication Security no iOS 17no iPadOS 17 e no macOS Sonoma 14. The systems, it is worth remembering, were announced at the beginning of this month, are in the testing phase and should be launched by the end of the year.

Still according to the website, it will be enabled by default for children under 13 who are part of a Family Sharing group. Parents will, of course, be able to disable the feature in the Screen Time section within Settings.

Initially released in the US, Communication Security is currently only available in 14 countries: Germany, Australia, Belgium, BrazilCanada, South Korea, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Sweden.

In practice, the feature alerts children regarding receiving or sending nude photos/videos in the app. Messages. In the new systems, it will also be applied in AirDrop, in video messages from FaceTime and in the Contact Posters in the app Telephone.

With the function turned on, explicit photos and videos are blurred in supported apps, and children are warned regarding sensitive content as well as seeing help options. Still according to MacRumorsApple will provide a new APIApplication programming interfaceor application programming interface.”>1 that will make it possible for developers to include support for the feature in their applications.

It is important to remember that the feature is optional and checks the photos exchanged for “sexually explicit” content, in order to avoid possible cases of child abuse.

If something inappropriate is identified, the content of the photo is blurred and security alerts are displayed to the user. Also, this option is directly linked to iCloud Home Sharing.

Apple ensures that this entire process takes place locally on the device, so the company does not have access to the content of the messages. Even with the feature turned on, conversations held by the child remain protected by end-to-end encryption, and no alerts are sent to those responsible.

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