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Apple will scan publicly shared iCloud links for harmful content in iOS 27.3, raising significant privacy concerns for users sharing files.
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Apple will check shared iCloud links for ‘harmful content’
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Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for "harmful content" starting with iOS 27.3 and other 27.3 updates, the company says. "When you share an item that can be accessed by Anyone with the Link in version 27.3 or later of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, that content is made accessible to Apple to check for harmful content," according to a support document reported on by 9to5Mac. Sharing something over iCloud with the "Anyone with the Link" permissions will also mean that it's no longer end-to-end encrypted. Apple's support document does not define what "harmful content" is. But this new app … Read the full story at The Verge.
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