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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by w-ll on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:08PM (#38483018)
maybe? you can also turn your iphone off, but it still broadcast btle and cell signals. who knows what any feature toggle does anymore, let alone on/off. lol do-not-track is tracked.
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by threeseed on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:13PM (#38483054)
You can tell because of the type of file that gets saved in your photo library.

Live Photos are clearly marked.

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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by w-ll on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:15PM (#38483066)
why are they not marked as video?
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by Toutouxc on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:33PM (#38483158)
Because they’re photos, with a bit of video added for effect when you’re scrolling through them.
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by w-ll on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:44PM (#38483235)
is that not just a video with a still frame?
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by threeseed on Friday December 01, 2023 @12:30AM (#38483513)
Videos are recorded at 4K/8MP. Photos up to 48MP.
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by Toutouxc on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:29AM (#38484870)
No, they're regular photos, with some lower-quality video added for context.
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by dharmab on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:53PM (#38483286)
Because you can share them as photos and the composited image can be shared to the recipient.
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Re:A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photog... by astrange on Friday December 01, 2023 @01:40AM (#38483889)
Cell signals use way too much battery to be sending them with the phone turned off.
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