Legal And Social Risks Of The Latest IPhone Update

Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) experts have warned about the legal and social consequences of the latest iPhone update despite its benefits, reports Al-Rai daily. These experts made the warning after Apple unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference the feature of recording phone calls, converting them into written text and obtaining summaries of them through AI techniques; which will be implemented through the latest operating system — iOS 18.

They stressed the need to pay attention to this feature, given the legal and social consequences of the registration process. They explained that “while making a phone call, the phone application will include a button that records the conversation when pressed. Once this process begins, the other party making the call will receive a notification or alert informing him that the call is being recorded, and the recording will not take place unless approved by the other party.”

Chairman of the Cybersecurity Committee at the Electronic Media Union Mohammad Al-Rashidi confirmed to the daily that “the call recording feature will be with the knowledge of both parties, because the person wishing to record will first send an alert to the other party, and upon approval, the recording process will begin. Caution and attention must be given, because some may not be familiar with this technology. If approved, the consequences must be known, or it could be rejected from the beginning.” Information security and AI expert Eng. Nasser Al-Ustad said “there is a more dangerous stage, as some who obtain the voice could use AI techniques, which make the owner of this voice say false information and things that he did not say, and can even make him call other people. They commit fraud using the voice generated by AI techniques, and then the concerned person finds he did and said things that he has nothing to do with and about which he knows nothing.

The arrival registration notice is good, because technology is no longer a double-edged sword, but a weapon with more than one edge. On one hand, it is dangerous, and on the other hand, it cannot be dispensed with, as it is utilized in work, entertainment and all aspects of life.” Cybersecurity expert Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi has stressed the need to “raise public awareness about the risks of some updates, including call recording, which may expose sensitive data to the public and expose users to blackmail by some individuals (hackers). Unfortunately, not everyone is aware of how to use these technologies, which may expose them to the risk of having their calls recorded without their knowledge.”

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