WhatsApp says it won't adopt Apple's CSAM plans, misses on some factsApple has refuted some of the claims made by WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart.
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WhatsApp's CEO has said the platform will not adopt a system like Apple's new child-safety measures that scans for CSAM content in iCloud Photos.
Will Cathcart said the move was the wrong approach and a setback for people's privacy all over the world.
Apple says Cathcart is wrong about some of the assertions made in his comments.
WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart says the company will not adopt the same CSAM scanning system coming to iOS 15 as announced by Apple earlier this week, but some of his claims are being refuted by Apple.
Will Cathcart, noting Apple's plans said that he was "concerned" by Apple's recently announced plans to scan photos uploaded to iCloud Photos for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), matching the hashes of photos to a known database of CSAM images provided by the NCMEC and other organizations that protect children.
Cathcart says Apple's plan is "the wrong approac...
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WhatsApp says it won't adopt Apple's CSAM plans, misses on some facts
