Participant of the educational forum “New Knowledge” in Moscow this Thursday (2), a former technician of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), who is in a safe house. in Russia, came up changes in the way technology companies access personal data.
“Now Apple is doing something we’ve never seen before. [Apple] They want to search their devices for illegal content before that information reaches their servers, ”explained Snowden.
The former intelligence specialist noted that company representatives “compose what they turn into ‘beautiful stories’ that [supostamente] are designed to keep your privacy and personal information safe and secure.
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Edward Snowden in a videoconference in Moscow
A Apple management now users’ devices as to what to look for, and if you find something contrary to your law, such as child pornography, tag them with illegal material.
Snowden described the situation as “a kind of fingerprint to check if the content meets the definition of illegal.”
According to a former American intelligence specialist, this system is already implemented in the USAso the tech giant plans to include it in its latest iPhones.
The activist pointed out that the fact that some private companies are beginning to develop mechanisms to hack into cell phones – and sell those methods of access to other governments – indicates that “a free market is being created for everyone who wants to gain access. phones. data ”from other users, starting a“ new business sector ”.
Snowden argues that the industry is needed for make the world a safer place, but “the goal of this industry right now is to lower the level of safety.”
