My old buyers are going to be getting a lot of cat photos.
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iOS 17.5 Bug May Also Resurface Deleted Photos on Wiped, Sold Devices [Updated]
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Oh wow I wonder how you think the fbi recovers data from apple devices nothing is never deleted
You do know that just because you can’t see a file in explorer on Windows it can still be at your hard drive? Not being able to “see” the file is a false security.
I have some serious doubts about this….
And maybe not the type of cats you normally think of.
Somewhere, Scott Forstall is enjoying a cocktail with a huge grin on his face.
This is beyond unacceptable.
Luckily the only Apple device I sold was my previous 11” 2018 iPad Pro, there weren’t too many pictures taken (well, there actually were some of mine), and it was sold to a primary school girl with her mom, for her school homework.
I was relieved to find them as buyers because previous ones were weird and trying to pay me much less.
Now that I have this M2, I was a bit tempted to go for an M4 one but… not so sure anymore, with the grainy-gate, and now the possibility that any old photos of mine (on this device) could resurface.
I wonder if after restoring the device, if you download big garbage files to fill up the storage, if previous data will still be accessible afterwards
Luckily the only Apple device I sold was my previous 11” 2018 iPad Pro, there weren’t too many pictures taken (well, there actually were some of mine), and it was sold to a primary school girl with her mom, for her school homework.
I was relieved to find them as buyers because previous ones were weird and trying to pay me much less.
Now that I have this M2, I was a bit tempted to go for an M4 one but… not so sure anymore, with the grainy-gate, and now the possibility that any old photos of mine (on this device) could resurface.
I wonder if after restoring the device, if you download big garbage files to fill up the storage, if previous data will still be accessible afterwards
That’s what I would’ve thought, but until we know what the hell apple screwed up, how do we know it would even help? God this is just like Google’s update that was wiping people’s data out, except in reverse. Apparently Apple is no better than Google and their quality control doesn’t exist anymore.
And not just photos, but health data, business data, who knows what else. My 1Password database. Is any of it safe on an “erased” iPhone? We absolutely need to know, and silence is not an acceptable response.
I call BS.
Even if the files were not encrypted.
Resetting the devices creates new partitions.
The OS won’t randomly start scratching through the unassigned/unused storage to recover data
Even if the files were not encrypted.
Resetting the devices creates new partitions.
The OS won’t randomly start scratching through the unassigned/unused storage to recover data
So this bug is a blessing in disguise for us. It has exposed something sinister in Apple that we didn't know. Now Apple has to fix it, I hope.
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The phone is probably pulling the photos from the previous owner’s iCloud library, even though the device should no longer to linked to that person’s Apple account.
Since TC took office, they have been focusing more on profits and their up-selling scheme.
Nah… soon they will release M5 series and you will need those to regain control of your old deleted photos. It’s simply impossible without the special AI driven encryption and decryption on those M5 chips.
Welll… I wish the owners of my previous iPhones good luck.
Somehow, "I was young and needed the money" doesn't cut it in this case. 🤣
As long as they can't trace them to me, I'll spare myself the embarrassment.
Still, Oh god! 😬
Somehow, "I was young and needed the money" doesn't cut it in this case. 🤣
As long as they can't trace them to me, I'll spare myself the embarrassment.
Still, Oh god! 😬
I know pretty well how operating systems work.
My point is, that if we had more eyes on the inner workings of the OS, interested people would poke around it and find problems in Apple's software more easily.
The same FBI that paid $1 million to unlock an iPhone 5C?
Using a technique that is likely patched now.
iPhones are some of the securest devices around.
This is Apple's secret plan. Instead of owners giving away/selling their old iPhones and iPads when they upgrade, Apple wants everyone to buy new so owners won't have to worry about the new device owner unexpectedly having access to your old data/photos.
That's how you revive declining sales
Apple shows its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since pandemic's outset
The 10% drop in year-over-year iPhone sales for the January-March period is latest sign of weakness in a product that generates most of Apple's revenue.
www.npr.org
Apple's sales fall for the fourth straight quarter despite a strong start for latest iPhones
Apple’s sales remained on a downward slope during the summer. That means a full year of declining revenue at the technology trendsetter with a long history of steady growth that turned it into the world’s most valuable publicly traded company.
apnews.com
Apple’s Q2 2024 earnings reveal a drop in iPhone, iPad sales
Services growth looked rosy as Apple’s hardware revenue in China slowed.
arstechnica.com
Exactly, *should* is the key word. In reality, we know that many things don't work as they should. If they did, there wouldn't be any bugs, especially security bugs that sometimes are discovered years later.
I don't see how this is possible but I'll wait for official word from Apple.
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So maybe the device ID is linked to the Apple ID? And this update awakens the old Apple ID from a slumber via the device ID?
Or maybe it was never truly erased locally?
I remember in the old days with HDDs you could write zeroes to the disk to ensure the data was truly gone. But I guess that doesn't happen now with flash memory?
Or maybe it was never truly erased locally?
I remember in the old days with HDDs you could write zeroes to the disk to ensure the data was truly gone. But I guess that doesn't happen now with flash memory?