Apple Plans to Have iPhones Detect Child Pornography, Fueling Privacy Debate - WSJ

Apple has made the security it offers users on its iPhones and some other devices a key element of its pitch to consumers, adding ever more features to safeguard their privacy.

But now we’re going to just rummage through all of your photos.

Matthew Green, an associate professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University. “Now Apple has demonstrated that they can build a surveillance system, for very specific purposes, that works with iMessage,” he said. “I wonder how long they’ll be able to hold out from the Chinese government?”