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Apple’s latest iOS update shares your photo data without asking
Apple's latest iOS 18 update automatically shares photo data with their servers for enhanced visual search, prompting security concerns and a need to turn off the feature in settings.
This sneaky iOS 18 setting shares your photos with Apple — here’s how to turn it off
"It ought to be up to the individual user to decide their own tolerance for the risk of privacy violations," developer Jeff Johnson argued.
Did you know that iOS 18 transmits photo location data to Apple by default?
What is Enhanced Visual Search in Apple Photos, and why does it have privacy advocates concerned about its implementation?
This iOS 18 feature shares your photos with Apple. How to turn it off
A new feature in iOS 18 can share your photos with Apple. Here's how it works, whether you should be concerned, and how to turn it off if you'd prefer.
iOS 18 Photos App Driving You Crazy? Here’s the Fix!
The iOS 18 update has brought significant changes to the Photos app, which may leave some users feeling overwhelmed. The familiar bottom navigation bar
A New iPhone Feature Could Be Sharing Your Photo Data with Apple
A new feature of iOS and macOS called Enhanced Visual Search automatically shares photo data with Apple to help identify landmarks. While Apple claims to preserve user privacy in this feature, it still isn't sitting right with iPhone and Mac users.
iOS 18's Photos app sends data to Apple without your consent
Data privacy has always been a key selling point for Apple products. The company even carried its philosophy over to the implementation of AI in iPhones, which could be affecting performance. However,
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Right After You Upgrade to iOS 18.2, Change These 8 iPhone Settings
In iOS 18, the Action button gets new capabilities. You can bypass Control Center and choose a control of your choice, such ...
New iOS 18 features we expect in 2025
Of course, details are a bit scarce, but we have an idea of what to expect to be added to the iOS that first dropped in 2024.
How iOS 18.2 now lets you share your AirTag's location with anyone
OS 18.2 lets AirTag owners securely share item locations with trusted individuals. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson ...
The next iOS 18 update is on its way. Here’s what we know
Your iPhone might have another update just around the corner that could help straighten out any bugs introduced by iOS 18.2.
iOS 18.2 & iOS 18.3: New Features, Changes & Apple News This Week
Apple's ecosystem continues to evolve with the release of iOS 18.3 beta 1 and ongoing refinements to iOS 18.2. These updates ...
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Apple’s iOS 18.2 update brings new AI features
To install iOS 18.2, users should first back up their iPhone, update to iOS 18.1.1, charge their device to at least 20%, ...
3 months later, iOS 18 still hasn’t finished indexing photos on some iPhones
Three months after iOS 18 was released, iPhone users still complain about the "Indexing your Library" bug on the Photos app.
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Is Your New Years Resolution to Exercise More? Try Running With iOS 18
Apple released iOS 18 to the general public in September. The update brought a lot of new features to the iPhone, including ...