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Re:A catalog of naturally occurring images whose Apple Neura... by colejohnson66 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:32AM (#28302930)
The simple answer is: password resets. I’m sure majority of people would be very upset if they lost everything by forgetting a password.
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Re:A catalog of naturally occurring images whose Apple Neura... by nullc on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @01:56PM (#28304666)
Doesn't the apple backup stuff work that way? The data is gone forever if you lose your password?
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Re:A catalog of naturally occurring images whose Apple Neura... by simondotau on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:16PM (#28309800)
Some, but not all. And if you still have access to a Mac or iOS device which remains associated to this iCloud account, the amount that is lost can be even less.
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