Re:Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15
by j45 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @01:50PM
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When it’s done default on, I default opt out until otherwise.
When it’s done default on, I default opt out.
GeoIP is definitely as you say of figuring out the location of an IP.
With photos, geocoding is embedding the gps location in each photo. Those locations are being sent scrubbed but still metadata to Apple.
The more I think of it I’m not sure if it’s useful to me to give that database to Apple for free. If it was presented as it’s being explained in device maybe I’d say cool, yeah.
When it’s done default on, I default opt out.
GeoIP is definitely as you say of figuring out the location of an IP.
With photos, geocoding is embedding the gps location in each photo. Those locations are being sent scrubbed but still metadata to Apple.
The more I think of it I’m not sure if it’s useful to me to give that database to Apple for free. If it was presented as it’s being explained in device maybe I’d say cool, yeah.