It only went public a few days ago message, according to which Chinese state media blamed Applack of censorship iMessage. Since these messages are encrypted so that various companies cannot access them, Chinese telephone companies could not intervene. This resulted in sending messages with inappropriate and prohibited content. Specifically, it was pornography, gambling promotion and advertising of counterfeit goods.
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Apple first responded by saying that it has its own anti-spam measures. What was meant by this was the possibility to block the sender and then report it as spam. if Apple If he had received many similar reports from one sender, he would have blocked him himself. But apparently also because of the effort to maintain good relations with China, heonec will indeed receive protection from spam messages in this country. Chinese media has published a report according to which Apple has started the development of advanced technology that will help block spam accounts and, above all, automatically identify them. It is said that the technology has been in the works for a long time.
iPhone The 8 plus, along with the X, is among the best-selling smartphones in China.
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Spam using text messages is not very common elsewhere in the world, almost zero in the Czech Republic, but it is a common practice in China. Therefore, the operators themselves are trying to reduce it, using keywords to block certain messages that appear to be spam. According to the latest information, it seems that Apple is developing automated technology that will work on the basis of machine learning techniques and will be gradually improved. However, we have not received any exact details or launch date.
The whole case shows how the Chinese market is pro Apple important and sees huge potential for sales growth here. In the future, it could even be the most important area, so it is not surprising that the Californian company tries to solve every problem as soon as possible. Moreover, in light of recent events regarding the price war between the United States of America and China, se Apple trying to avoid any other potential problems.
Well, I don't know, according to the title Apple will censor news in China, according to the article it will create a better anti-spam filter... These misleading headlines (frequent) are responsible for the articles on LSA They can't be taken seriously :(
And what do you not understand from the article? By the fact that China (or Apple) checks messages and blocks them based on the filter evaluation. Thanks to encryption iMessage however, the existing (state) filter cannot be used and so must Apple (instead of allowing all messages to be read) to work on the filter.
And how does it recognize keywords in a message when privacy is pro Apple always in first place? 🤔
Very easy, the filter will be directly in the device, not somewhere in cloudu, it's the same solution as ML, which processes photos in the gallery, it's done directly on the device, not in cloud...if the device then evaluates a message as spam, it can react in some way