Security News > 2021 > August > Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMessage and iCloud Storage
There are two main features that the company is planning to install in every Apple device.
One is a scanning feature that will scan all photos as they get uploaded into iCloud Photos to see if they match a photo in the database of known child sexual abuse material maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
No. This doesn't change the privacy assurances of Messages, and Apple never gains access to communications as a result of this feature.
If the feature is enabled for the child account, the device will evaluate images in Messages and present an intervention if the image is determined to be sexually explicit.
None of the communications, image evaluation, interventions, or notifications are available to Apple.
Notice Apple changing the definition of "End-to-end encryption." No longer is the message a private communication between sender and receiver.
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