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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple needs to explain that bug that resurfaced deleted photos
Date: 22 May 2024 01:20:37 GMT
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On 2024-05-21, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Earlier today, Apple issued a fix in iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1. Patching
> buggy software is a good, normal thing. But that’s not the issue here.
> The issue is that the fix “addresses a rare issue where photos that
> experienced database corruption could reappear in the Photos library
> even if they were deleted” — and that’s all Apple has to say about it.

That's enough explanation for me. But then I'm not a gullible rube who
jumps to incorrect conclusions based on ignorance and unsubstantiated
rumors.

> On iOS, deleted photos technically spend 30 days in the Recently
> Deleted folder before disappearing for good, but the intent to send a
> photo to digital oblivion is still there. A reasonable person would
> expect a deleted file to stay that way. That’s why it’s understandable
> that people freaked out last week when photos deleted years ago had
> suddenly reappeared in their iPhone photo library.
>
> This is obviously a privacy concern.

Nobody but you has access to your photos. So no.

You're certainly on form, though badgolferman.

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