# Apple will review public iCloud links, ending their end-to-end encryption

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/apple-will-check-shared-icloud-links-for-harmful-content/
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:23:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T18:42:57+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1026604/apple-icloud-links-harmful-content-27-3
- Topics: Business, Companies, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Apple will scan iCloud items shared by anyone-with-the-link.
- Those shared items will no longer be end-to-end encrypted.
- Apple may remove content, restrict accounts or contact law enforcement.

## Summary

Apple will check iCloud items shared with “Anyone with the Link” for harmful content in software version 27.3 and later. The change gives Apple access to review shared material and means those items will no longer be end-to-end encrypted, raising a privacy consideration for people who use these links.

Apple has not defined “harmful content”, but the policy follows calls for it to tackle child sexual abuse material stored in iCloud. It says it may move, refuse, modify or delete content, restrict accounts or, if necessary, contact law enforcement. The first developer betas of version 27.3 have been released, and Apple plans to launch iOS 27.3 in December.

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