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Podcast: Gadget Detective - A selection of free tech advice & tech news broadcasts by Fevzi Turkalp on the BBC & elsewhere
Episode: 7th August 2021 - Discussing Apple's Anti-Paedophilia Measures on LBC
Description: Fevzi Turkalp, the Gadget Detective, joins Clive Bull on LBC to discuss how Apple are to introduce new messaging protections aimed at detecting obscene and/or illegal photos being received, alerting parents when it happens to a minor and blurring the image,
and will be scanning user's devices for such images. While this is arguably a good idea, this raises questions regarding privacy and whether it may not be limited to illegal/obscene images. Also discussed is how other services, such as Google, track our every search and email, monetising the information, and whether there needs to be a...