A catch-up/pre-Apple Event MacVoices Live! session with Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, and Ben Roethig looks at Apple moving away from leather for their products, the decision to abandon CSCAM efforts, and the inevitable criticism that follows. (Part 1)

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

0:00:00 Apple Drops Leather and CSAM Scanning

0:05:45 Apple Rumored to Move Away from Leather Watch Bands

0:10:44 Discussion on the Variety of Colors for Solo Loop Bands

0:12:01 Leather Alternatives: A Game Changer for Apple?

0:14:16 Apple's Controversial CSAM Scanning Decision

0:16:25 Balancing Privacy and Safety Concerns for Apple

0:19:06 Should Apple Have Stayed Silent About CSAM Scanning?

0:20:10 Apple's initial discussion and decision not to implement scanning

0:22:01 Speculation and concerns about CSAM on Apple's servers

0:24:59 Apple's Discontinuation of Scanning Raises Privacy Concerns

0:26:20 Apple's Standoff with the FBI in the San Bernardino Case

0:26:49 Privacy Concerns and Technological Impossibilities

0:27:17 Technology: Scanning for Offensive Images and Pre-Blurring

0:28:44 Filtering Images: Giving Users More Control and Power

Links:

Apple again defends its reasons for abandoning iCloud CSAM scanning

https://www.macworld.com/article/2052134/icloud-csam-scanning-privacy-safety.html

Spotify testing requiring a Premium subscription to view song lyrics

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2023/09/05/spotify-premium-lyrics-requirement/

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