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So who is really behind the iPhone encryption attack?
The Heat Initiative, a children's rights organization, has strongly criticized Apple for providing powerful privacy protections to its customers. The group claims that such protection measures contribute to child exploitation, as pedophiles can encrypt their personal data in the same way as everyone else.
In September, at the launch of Apple's new iPhone, the Heat Initiative activated its campaign: it placed full-page ads in the New York Times, used trucks with digital billboards, and even arranged for a plane with a banner to fly over Apple headquarters. The banner read: "Dear Apple, detect child sexual abuse in iCloud." This Apple cloud service uses advanced encryption technologies to protect users personal information from hackers, spies, and even Tim Cook himself.
However, THE HEAT INITIATIVE does not advertise who is behind it. It's actually a project of the Hopewell Foundation, an organization that helps billionaires secretly channel their funds and political will. Hopewell is part of a huge network of anonymous groups affiliated with the Democratic Party that ironically campaign against the privacy of ordinary people.
Political transparency experts have expressed concerns about the Hopewell Fund's place in the network of democratic organizations. Robert Maguire of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington compared the network's actions to the well-known right-wing charity and political network Koch.
Unlike many large Internet companies that check files uploaded by users for child sexual content, Apple considered the possibility of conducting such verification not only on its servers, but also directly on users ' devices.
However, after a number of critical comments, Apple abandoned this idea. Critics argue that such scanning will set a dangerous precedent that can be used by authoritarian governments, hackers and security services to spy on users.
Sarah Gardner, head of the Heat Initiative, said that its goal is to prevent the free distribution of images of child sexual abuse on the Internet. She added that she does not agree with those who believe that scanning the iPhone for the presence of child sexual material could compromise the safety of users.
As part of a long-running "Crypto War" campaign aimed at reducing encryption for the sake of security, the focus has shifted from concerns about terrorists conducting secret correspondence to child criminals evading police radars. The battle has developed between supporters of absolute privacy and those who argue that it should be restricted for the sake of increased control by law enforcement agencies. This conflict pits security and cryptography experts against entities such as the FBI, the US Congress, and the European Union. Apple's 2021 initiative to pre-scan images before sending them has sparked discussions among cryptography experts.
While the motivation of most parties is quite obvious, for example, it is clear why the FBI is against encryption, THE HEAT INITIATIVE, being a new and mysterious organization, brings into the discussion the hidden interests of billionaires concerning the rights of ordinary citizens.
"It bothers me that anonymous wealthy individuals with unclear goals insist on such a deep invasion of our privacy," said Matthew Green, a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins University, speaking out against Apple's idea to scan user files. "There are many questionable motivations to promote this technology that are unrelated to child protection."
The Heat Initiative, a children's rights organization, has strongly criticized Apple for providing powerful privacy protections to its customers. The group claims that such protection measures contribute to child exploitation, as pedophiles can encrypt their personal data in the same way as everyone else.
In September, at the launch of Apple's new iPhone, the Heat Initiative activated its campaign: it placed full-page ads in the New York Times, used trucks with digital billboards, and even arranged for a plane with a banner to fly over Apple headquarters. The banner read: "Dear Apple, detect child sexual abuse in iCloud." This Apple cloud service uses advanced encryption technologies to protect users personal information from hackers, spies, and even Tim Cook himself.
However, THE HEAT INITIATIVE does not advertise who is behind it. It's actually a project of the Hopewell Foundation, an organization that helps billionaires secretly channel their funds and political will. Hopewell is part of a huge network of anonymous groups affiliated with the Democratic Party that ironically campaign against the privacy of ordinary people.
Political transparency experts have expressed concerns about the Hopewell Fund's place in the network of democratic organizations. Robert Maguire of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington compared the network's actions to the well-known right-wing charity and political network Koch.
Unlike many large Internet companies that check files uploaded by users for child sexual content, Apple considered the possibility of conducting such verification not only on its servers, but also directly on users ' devices.
However, after a number of critical comments, Apple abandoned this idea. Critics argue that such scanning will set a dangerous precedent that can be used by authoritarian governments, hackers and security services to spy on users.
Sarah Gardner, head of the Heat Initiative, said that its goal is to prevent the free distribution of images of child sexual abuse on the Internet. She added that she does not agree with those who believe that scanning the iPhone for the presence of child sexual material could compromise the safety of users.
As part of a long-running "Crypto War" campaign aimed at reducing encryption for the sake of security, the focus has shifted from concerns about terrorists conducting secret correspondence to child criminals evading police radars. The battle has developed between supporters of absolute privacy and those who argue that it should be restricted for the sake of increased control by law enforcement agencies. This conflict pits security and cryptography experts against entities such as the FBI, the US Congress, and the European Union. Apple's 2021 initiative to pre-scan images before sending them has sparked discussions among cryptography experts.
While the motivation of most parties is quite obvious, for example, it is clear why the FBI is against encryption, THE HEAT INITIATIVE, being a new and mysterious organization, brings into the discussion the hidden interests of billionaires concerning the rights of ordinary citizens.
"It bothers me that anonymous wealthy individuals with unclear goals insist on such a deep invasion of our privacy," said Matthew Green, a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins University, speaking out against Apple's idea to scan user files. "There are many questionable motivations to promote this technology that are unrelated to child protection."