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It seems that Apple never truly deletes users' photos. Everything that has ever existed in our albums remains permanently stored in Apple's cloud. This so-calle

It seems that Apple never truly deletes users' photos. Everything that has ever existed in our albums remains permanently stored in Apple's cloud. This so-called 'fix' merely prevents users from rediscovering this unsettling fact, rather than actually removing the deleted photos from their cloud storage. This raises important questions: Why is Apple retaining these photos? What is the purpose behind keeping this data indefinitely? Transparency and user trust are paramount, and users deserve clear answers regarding their data privacy.

ZhenyuCHEN 2y ago
Maybe Apple will use AI technology to analyze all of these photos, including the location and time, to grasp the secrets of everyone, and if there is a future war, Apple's data analysis will be a huge weapon
kalleboo 2y ago
This was happening to people who don't have iCloud enabled, it has nothing to do with the cloud
kanbara 2y ago
stop spreading falsehoods
d1sxeyes 2y ago
So while that may be correct, it's absolutely not what this bug proves. This bug shows that when you delete a file on iOS, it does not immediately get removed from YOUR filesystem. The 'important questions' you raise are predicated on a misunderstanding. In particular: 'why is Apple retaining these photos?' - Apple isn't (or at least, this bug does not show that they are). Apple reimported photos that were still present on your filesystem after you had deleted them. The question of why they're still present on the filesystem is a good and fair question. Some folks are suggesting it could be to do with these actually being copies of the originals (which is perfectly possible—as far as I can tell, copies are created when you share and when you edit) which Photos lost track of, or some engineer forgot to consider when deleting. Or it may be a performance optimisation to simply dereference the file so that the user has a silky smooth experience, and allow a background job to eventually clear up the file system, and potentially that background job crashes from time to time, whatever. Your questions on data privacy are not founded in fact here. There are some legitimate questions that users should be asking Apple here (why does Photos tell me it's deleted a file when it's still on my device is a pretty big one).
orf 2y ago
FYI, the article you’re commenting on goes into details that show nothing you said is correct.
thebruce87m 2y ago
Oh great, now we have another myth to bust in every apple thread along with “apple slowed down phones so you’d buy a new one” and the other classics.

ZhenyuCHEN 2y ago

Maybe Apple will use AI technology to analyze all of these photos, including the location and time, to grasp the secrets of everyone, and if there is a future war, Apple's data analysis will be a huge weapon

kalleboo 2y ago

This was happening to people who don't have iCloud enabled, it has nothing to do with the cloud

kanbara 2y ago

stop spreading falsehoods

d1sxeyes 2y ago

So while that may be correct, it's absolutely not what this bug proves. This bug shows that when you delete a file on iOS, it does not immediately get removed from YOUR filesystem. The 'important questions' you raise are predicated on a misunderstanding. In particular: 'why is Apple retaining these photos?' - Apple isn't (or at least, this bug does not show that they are). Apple reimported photos that were still present on your filesystem after you had deleted them. The question of why they're still present on the filesystem is a good and fair question. Some folks are suggesting it could be to do with these actually being copies of the originals (which is perfectly possible—as far as I can tell, copies are created when you share and when you edit) which Photos lost track of, or some engineer forgot to consider when deleting. Or it may be a performance optimisation to simply dereference the file so that the user has a silky smooth experience, and allow a background job to eventually clear up the file system, and potentially that background job crashes from time to time, whatever. Your questions on data privacy are not founded in fact here. There are some legitimate questions that users should be asking Apple here (why does Photos tell me it's deleted a file when it's still on my device is a pretty big one).

orf 2y ago

FYI, the article you’re commenting on goes into details that show nothing you said is correct.

thebruce87m 2y ago

Oh great, now we have another myth to bust in every apple thread along with “apple slowed down phones so you’d buy a new one” and the other classics.