Epic Games CEO took to Twitter after the announcement of Apple's new CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) tech and called it "government spyware" that the iPhone maker is installing on everyone's phone under "presumption of guilt."
The new technology in question is Apple's CSAM scanning system that will scan photo hashes on a user's iPhone before the images are uploaded to iCloud.
The mathematical hashes are generated on-device and then compared against a library of known hashes provided by NCMEC and other child safety organisations.
Sweeny's comments follow a large backlash by security researchers against Apple's new scanning system.
Notably, WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart also chimed in saying that while its intentions were noble, Apple was taking the "wrong approach" to fight the problem.
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