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The Photos app in Windows 10 has the same capability. And the Apple and Microsoft apps are totally offline, unlike Google Photos.

• giancarlostoro 6y ago
  Is the Windows 10 one truly offline or does it eventually phone home in some way? Genuinely asking out of curiosity.
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  • hashhar 6y ago
    The classification model runs offline. I can say this because i had it classify a lot of pics while I was out on a trip with no internet. But i do think it fetches newer models given the chance.
    • giancarlostoro 6y ago
      I am okay with it fetching models my issue is it uploading my files without consent. Thanks for sharing I had no doubt they would do this I just would like to know the whole picture. I am sick of companies just uploading things without consent. What if I am a competitor? Now you stole my IP.
    • nkristoffersen 6y ago
      I'm pretty sure classification happens locally for Apple as well. They call it "on-device machine learning". It doesn't mention it for MacOS photos but I can see `photoanalysisd` running in the background on my Mac. https://www.apple.com/ios/photos/ https://www.apple.com/ios/photos/