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One Screen for the Whole Family — What About Private Messages? Apple Explains How HomeView Protects Privacy

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In a November 13 interview with tech media outlet TechRader, Apple's vice president of hardware engineering Matthew Costello and head of home product marketing Cecilia Dantas explained how Apple's first smart home hub, HomeView, safeguards chat privacy. Costello said HomeView requires no manual sign-in, sign-out or profile switching and can recognize up to six family members, removing a user's personal information after they leave; before displaying private content, the system checks whether the paired iPhone is on the network and whether it has been unlocked recently. Reporter Jacob Krol found in testing that when his father entered the camera's field of view while he was viewing messages on HomeView, the device immediately stopped showing his personal information and resumed only when he was alone in the frame, and Apple says private content such as messages and calendars comes from the user's iPhone, is not permanently stored on HomeView, and leaves with the user when they take their iPhone away.

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One Screen for the Whole Family—What About Private Messages? Apple Explains How HomeView Protects Privacy

IT之家, November 14 — In an interview with tech media outlet TechRader yesterday (November 13), Apple Vice President of Hardware Engineering Matthew Costello and Head of Home Product Marketing Cecilia Dantas explained how Apple's first smart home hub, HomeView, safeguards chat privacy.

Citing the blog post, IT之家 reports that in the interview, Costello said Apple HomeView requires no manual sign-in, sign-out, or profile switching, and can recognize up to 6 family members. What's more, after a user leaves, the device removes their personal information. Before displaying private content, the system also checks whether the paired iPhone is on the network and whether it was unlocked recently.

On privacy, the outlet's reporter Jacob Krol tested it: while he was viewing messages on HomeView, once his father came into the camera's field of view, the device immediately stopped displaying his personal information, and only resumed once he was the only person in the frame.

Apple says private content such as messages and calendars is pulled from the user's iPhone and is not permanently stored on HomeView; when a user leaves with their iPhone, that content leaves with them.

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