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⚡️macOS 15 and iOS 18 Is Scanning All Your Photos for Landmarks and Indexing Them in a Database
Apple's new feature scans all of your photos for landmarks - and you've already been opted
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I If you're using a Mac or iPhone running the latest software, your photos have been scanned by a new feature: "Enhanced Visual Search". This feature was automatically rolled out and users automatically opted-in.
The only mention of this feature was on Apple's legal notice for photos:
Enhanced Visual Search in Photos allows you to search for photos using landmarks or points of interest. Your device privately matches places in your photos to a global index Apple maintains on our servers. We apply homomorphic encryption and differential privacy, and use an OHTTP relay that hides IP address. This prevents Apple from learning about the information in your photos. You can turn off Enhanced Visual Search at any time on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Apps > Photos. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General.
This applies to any and all photos stored on the device, not just the ones uploaded to iCloud, and as soon as the update is installed the feature is activated - before you even start to use the search feature. You had no choice in the matter.
But don't worry - Apple didn't link the photos to your account or IP address - so forcing millions of people to automatically use this feature doesn't matter.
Just another example of how your tech owns you - not the other way around.
Own your tech:
https://abovephone.com
Read more:
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01/01/privacy-of-photos-apps-enhanced-visual-search/
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There are two types of people
Those who trust government
Those who read
There are two types of people
Those who trust Apple
Those who do not update their OS or iOS
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Did you spend 3.5 years in PRISON because you dared walk or set foot in Washington DC on January 6, 2021? WOUKD YOU Like TO?
This is just one more way for FED GOVT to SPY on YOU
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END GOVT BEFORE GOVT ENDS YOU
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