iPhones Running iOS 26 Are Freezing FaceTime Calls When They Detect Nudity(www.pcmag.com)
47 pointsby vinni23 hours ago11 comments
  • akersten2 hours ago
    > Because the photos and videos are analyzed on your child's device, Apple doesn't receive an indication that nudity was detected and doesn't get access to the photos or videos as a result.

    Apropos of nothing, I really don't love the construction of this reassurance. This is not actually a reasoned-through guarantee, it's just two things that happen to be true at the same time. But the latter could change at any point, on-device processing does not preclude the device notifying Apple about what it saw.

    • runjake2 hours ago
      The backdrop to this is a story from 2023 in which Apple attempted to do this and faced backlash. This received significant coverage worldwide at the time.

      https://www.wired.com/story/apple-photo-scanning-csam-commun...

      • akersten2 hours ago
        Yeah, it's clear to see that they'd want to get in front of something like that happening again. My point though is that the pull quote I highlighted is a flimsy reassurance because "it all happens on the device" does not at all prevent "Apple knowing about it," yet the sentence is constructed in a way that (tricks?) people into thinking it would.
      • ribosometronome2 hours ago
        And since then, we've seen major companies pressured into instead ripping out E2E encryption from public and governmental child safety concerns.
      • dyauspitr2 hours ago
        But why would they want to be notified. Seems like this is the best case scenario for them. They’re taking action against the problem and at the same time cannot be approached to break their clients privacy. The only thing I can imagine is a government entity making them do it.
    • an0malous2 hours ago
      How is that “apropro of nothing”? Isn’t it apropro of the quote from the article you’re commenting on?
      • akersten2 hours ago
        Sure, what I meant is "without actually taking a stance on what the article is about and opinions on Apple's feature aside, I dislike the particular placation presented within"
  • scratchyone2 hours ago
    This is an article from almost a year ago, last edited July 3, 2025...
  • s0rce3 hours ago
    Pausing seems more accurate. Sounds like a nice feature and if you can turn it off then no downside.
  • IFC_LLCan hour ago
    This “Ouch” moments when Apple does not want to stand in the front of the Congress trying to prove that they are in fact preventing bad people from abusing kids on one side and try to convince us that they do in fact keep our data secure.

    It an interesting place to be in logistically. A very thin line to balance between two very bitter ends.

  • ggoo2 hours ago
    I truly don't understand why our society is so hung up on naked bodies.
    • ryanisnanan hour ago
      Read the post.

      edit: "This feature, spotted by iDeviceHelp, was originally revealed as part of an expansion of the company's family tools designed for children's Apple accounts."

      Pretty clear, this was at least in part designed to prevent child sexual abuse.

    • supertropean hour ago
      Puritan influence.
  • xbar3 hours ago
    I wasn't looking for your take here, iPhone.
  • htk2 hours ago
    What might be the impact on battery life?
    • joe_mamba2 hours ago
      If it lasts longer than 4 hours, contact the apple genius bar.
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  • NDlurker2 hours ago
    Is there a setting to send pictures to Tim Apple?
  • VirusNewbie2 hours ago
    as in, like, freezing so you get to see it longer?
    • mikestew2 hours ago
      TFA says it pauses when it detects nudity on your end, not the other end. You probably know what you look like nude.
  • comrade12342 hours ago
    Nooo! My dear wife stop showing me your boobs even though we've been apart on business trips for two weeks and we're both bursting with lust. Please apple save me!
    • nomelan hour ago
      Unless you're using a child account, where the guardian account enabled this feature, with intent, this isn't an issue! :D
    • kentm2 hours ago
      It looks like you can click through it, so you can still have your sexy time. Based on the description, it seems like its intended to prevent accidents, which seems ok to me.
      • add-sub-mul-div2 hours ago
        Look how far we've regressed. Forty years ago if the phone company said it was going to spy on conversations and halt phone sex but don't worry because you can always choose to resume it, we'd never have accepted that.
        • dmonitoran hour ago
          Is privacy a concern if the monitoring is locally processed? Apple claims it is.

          I say it's amazing how far we've progressed. We could've prevented an entire Seinfeld episode if cameras could warn the user of the presence of nudity in their photos.

        • doubled1122 hours ago
          Could the phone company have seen your junk? Or just heard the way you describe it?
          • add-sub-mul-div2 hours ago
            That distinction isn't important. We could take it for granted that our conversations wouldn't be analyzed for sexually explicit content, and then companies like Apple normalized the opposite. We hadn't yet been fooled by "think of the children".
    • 486sx332 hours ago
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