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« on: August 09, 2021, 04:05:19 pm »

Epic Games CEO criticizes Apple's iCloud, claims Child Safety scans emails

"if an adversary emails you something awful, then soon Apple's new policy will be to scan it and report you to the police."

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has joined the chorus of criticism in the wake of Apple's Child Safety announcement.
Sweeney criticized iCloud for taking user data by default and hiding settings.
He also claimed Apple's new policy meant Apple would soon let them scan emails and report receivers of illegal content to the police.


Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has joined the chorus of criticism over Apple's new Child Safety measures, but also shared misleading information about Apple's plans.

In the wake of Apple's announcement Sweeney, whose company is locked in a legal battle with Apple over its App Store and the iOS ecosystem, took to Twitter to criticize Apple's iCloud platform:


  It's atrocious how Apple vacuums up everybody's data into iCloud by default, hides the 15+ separate options to turn parts of it off in Settings underneath your...

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