Apple Delays Rollout of Child Safety Features
In my opinion, Apple will break its brand if they actually go ahead and release &quot;self-reporting to the authorities&quot; device features.<p>Even if they somehow manage to make it do exactly the thing it is supposed to do and not slide into a feature for mass governmental control, I think a lot of people will loose trust into the devices they own.<p>Automatically scanning your stuff and reporting the bad things to the police is like the concept of God always watching. Even if you don&#x27;t do anything wrong and you agree that the stuff they are watching for is bad and should be prevented, there is something eerie about always being watched and controlled.<p>The iPhones should mind their own business and leave the police work to the police.<p>That being said, I would be O.K. if the scan is performed on the device upon physical access by the authorities. You caught someone, You have enough evidence to investigate the person, you are allowed to search his&#x2F;her home then maybe it can be O.K. to run a fingerprint scan on the phone to look for evidence.