Apple Walks Back CSAM Detection System…for Now

Mack DeGeurin
7 min readSep 16, 2021

Well, this is a change of pace. In a techno futurist world often seemingly hellbent on forward movement in spite of collateral damage, it’s rare to see the tides of resistance reel in the surveillance sea. Yet, that’s exactly what happened last week, though as we’ll get into, the change may represent more of an ephemeral reprieve than a codified decree.

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Mack DeGeurin

Texas expat, freelance journalist. Work has been featured in New York Magazine, Motherboard and Medium. I’m on Twitter @mackdegeurin