Apple's CSAM Detection with Matthew Green

We're talking about Apple's new proposed client-side CSAM detection system. We weren't sure if we were going to cover this, and then we realized that not all of us have been paying super close attention to what the hell this thing is, and have a lot of questions about it. So we're talking about it, with our special guest Professor Matthew Green.

We cover how Apple's system works, what it does (and doesn't), where we have unanswered questions, and where some of the gaps are.

Transcript: https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2021/08/27/apple-s-csam-detection-with-matthew-green/

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Links: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/CSAM_Detection_Technical_Summary.pdf

https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/Apple_PSI_System_Security_Protocol_and_Analysis.pdf

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2258A

https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/gethelp/2020-reports-by-esp.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive/exclusive-apple-dropped-plan-for-encrypting-backups-after-fbi-complained-sources-idUSKBN1ZK1CT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does

https://research.fb.com/blog/2021/02/understanding-the-intentions-of-child-sexual-abuse-material-csam-sharers/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/09/us/internet-child-sex-abuse.html

https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/Expanded_Protections_for_Children_Frequently_Asked_Questions.pdf

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