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I disagree. YET ANOTHER feature that is linked to ONE SINGLE account. If apple decides to block your account, everything is gone. This happened some time ago t

I disagree. YET ANOTHER feature that is linked to ONE SINGLE account. If apple decides to block your account, everything is gone. This happened some time ago to my microsoft account - everything gone. And why? Because I have uploaded (automatically) a nude picture of my gf to their cloud, it was detected by their algorithm and my account was locked. I had to communicate with microsoft by a PAPER LETTER(!) to understand WHY my account was locked in the first place and that they would not care to unlock it. This happened 3 years ago. Their policy might differ today regarding nude content. But for me it was a shock and a lesson.

threatofrain 6y ago
Are nude photos not permitted on iCloud? With the ubiquity of iPhones, it's difficult to believe iCloud isn't filled with nude photos.
- chromedev 6y ago
  Don't you remember when all those nude celebrity iCloud photos got leaked?
  - chromedev 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_phot...
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- DevKoala 6y ago
  They are permitted. My girlfriend and I are often long distance and we share an album. I didn’t know Microsoft had such bogus restrictions.
  - infogulch 6y ago
    The anecdotal evidence is helpful, but it doesn't fully answer the question that GP really wanted answered: Is it Apple's policy to allow nude photos in iCloud? Apple is known to start enforcing broad rules in new ways without notice. Unless they've made a positive statement confirming that such photos are allowed (I don't know, seems unlikely), I would assume that it's possible for Apple to turn on a nudity classification ML on everyone's photos tomorrow and ban anyone that matches just like Microsoft. I also think that Apple seems to respect user privacy / rights better than Microsoft (though not so much developers). So you might say it's unlikely, but my point is that it's possible; act accordingly. Is it your personal account and you have a backup and you don't think the risk is worth the hassle? Sure, do whatever you want. But is this Apple account even associated with the developer account of an app that makes your living? I would think twice.
  - angrais 6y ago
    Can you describe this procedure more? For example, did you use the same album each time? Did you both uploaded to the album or only her or you? Did you keep the previous photos in the album? How'd you feel seeing yourself in the album? Curious as I've never heard anyone shading albums ... Makes sense of course.
mike_d 6y ago
Was your girlfriend of age? To the best of my knowledge the only thing Microsoft searches for and actions in user uploaded files is content that hits against PhotoDNA. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna
- thdrdt 6y ago
  Does it matter? As a parent I might upload a private nude picture of my kids which is perfectly fine.
  - varispeed 6y ago
    It is no longer private if you upload it to cloud.
  - eric_cc 6y ago
    As a parent: That's pretty weird..
    - yomly 6y ago
      Depends on your relationship with cloud storage: 10-20 years ago it was pretty normal to keep and show off nude photos of your kids. I've seen plenty of nude photos of my friends from "a heatwave in the garden + paddling pool" when they were a toddler. There's nothing sexual or nude about it unless you want to make it that way. For 99.x% percent of us, having one of two genders is as universal as it comes...
    - Proziam 6y ago
      Every parent I know (and I'm 28) has photos of their kids running around doing generic kid things while nude, or making weird faces while playing in the bathtub. The practice finding its way into the modern cloud is completely unsurprising.
- 88840-8855 6y ago
  My gf is 29.
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newyorker2 6y ago
Ah yes, those pesky Microsoft-Apple™ cloud guidelines.
georgespencer 6y ago
It can be really tough to see beyond one's own isolated experience, but you are expressing something analogous to a refusal to fly on any airline because one airline lost your ticket. Whilst there's certainly a risk of your ticket being lost, as you found, for 99.99% of people tickets work just fine and are never lost.
dang 6y ago
Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
gumby 6y ago
It’s also a pain for shared resources, e.g. Apple TV

threatofrain 6y ago

Are nude photos not permitted on iCloud? With the ubiquity of iPhones, it's difficult to believe iCloud isn't filled with nude photos.

chromedev 6y ago
Don't you remember when all those nude celebrity iCloud photos got leaked?
- chromedev 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_phot...
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DevKoala 6y ago
They are permitted. My girlfriend and I are often long distance and we share an album. I didn’t know Microsoft had such bogus restrictions.
- infogulch 6y ago
  The anecdotal evidence is helpful, but it doesn't fully answer the question that GP really wanted answered: Is it Apple's policy to allow nude photos in iCloud? Apple is known to start enforcing broad rules in new ways without notice. Unless they've made a positive statement confirming that such photos are allowed (I don't know, seems unlikely), I would assume that it's possible for Apple to turn on a nudity classification ML on everyone's photos tomorrow and ban anyone that matches just like Microsoft. I also think that Apple seems to respect user privacy / rights better than Microsoft (though not so much developers). So you might say it's unlikely, but my point is that it's possible; act accordingly. Is it your personal account and you have a backup and you don't think the risk is worth the hassle? Sure, do whatever you want. But is this Apple account even associated with the developer account of an app that makes your living? I would think twice.
- angrais 6y ago
  Can you describe this procedure more? For example, did you use the same album each time? Did you both uploaded to the album or only her or you? Did you keep the previous photos in the album? How'd you feel seeing yourself in the album? Curious as I've never heard anyone shading albums ... Makes sense of course.

mike_d 6y ago

Was your girlfriend of age? To the best of my knowledge the only thing Microsoft searches for and actions in user uploaded files is content that hits against PhotoDNA. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna

thdrdt 6y ago
Does it matter? As a parent I might upload a private nude picture of my kids which is perfectly fine.
- varispeed 6y ago
  It is no longer private if you upload it to cloud.
- eric_cc 6y ago
  As a parent: That's pretty weird..
  - yomly 6y ago
    Depends on your relationship with cloud storage: 10-20 years ago it was pretty normal to keep and show off nude photos of your kids. I've seen plenty of nude photos of my friends from "a heatwave in the garden + paddling pool" when they were a toddler. There's nothing sexual or nude about it unless you want to make it that way. For 99.x% percent of us, having one of two genders is as universal as it comes...
  - Proziam 6y ago
    Every parent I know (and I'm 28) has photos of their kids running around doing generic kid things while nude, or making weird faces while playing in the bathtub. The practice finding its way into the modern cloud is completely unsurprising.
88840-8855 6y ago
My gf is 29.
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newyorker2 6y ago

Ah yes, those pesky Microsoft-Apple™ cloud guidelines.

georgespencer 6y ago

It can be really tough to see beyond one's own isolated experience, but you are expressing something analogous to a refusal to fly on any airline because one airline lost your ticket. Whilst there's certainly a risk of your ticket being lost, as you found, for 99.99% of people tickets work just fine and are never lost.

dang 6y ago

Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

gumby 6y ago

It’s also a pain for shared resources, e.g. Apple TV