Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes on iOS

Posted by relbeek2 on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:17PM
from the self-post dept.

I recently discovered that if you add large videos or many images to a note in iOS 17, and delete that note before all images are attached to the note, the images get attached to the next note in the list, even if its a shared note.

I reached out to Apple thinking this could be a privacy concern and was told that it was a UI bug not a privacy concern, do you agree?

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Re:Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes... by john_alan on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:08PM (#37745674)

No I don’t agree. That is outrageous.

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Re:Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes... by interestica on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:03PM (#37746180)

Absolutely a privacy concern

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Re:Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes... by relbeek2 on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:16PM (#37746709)

That is what I also thought; I submitted it a second time, and it was rejected again. I even showed them a video of the process.

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Re:Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes... by 2rsf on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @06:22AM (#37749954)

Can you reproduce it when the next note is shared?

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Re:Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes... by relbeek2 on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @02:31PM (#37755751)

Yes and verified that the person the note is shared with gets it on their phone. So it’s not even just a ui bug

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Re:Pictures from an unshared note can leak into shared notes... by Obscurity4340 on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:14PM (#37746695)

This kind of pretty sloppiness is exactly why I avoid their defaults like the plague. Tell me you're being irresponsible with your position of power without telling me you're being irresponsible with your position of power. Sigh

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