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Troubling iOS 17.5 Bug Reportedly Resurfacing Old Deleted Photos
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There are laws against storing DELETED data. Facebook got into major trouble with this a few years back.
You can't keep consumer data that you tell them is deleted.
In the UK, Under Article 17 of the UK GDPR legislation states individuals have the right to have personal data erased. This is also known as the ‘right to be forgotten’. The EU has a very similar part in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Not sure about the US
Apple doesn't handle storage for icloud, Google handles data storage.
Apple confirms it uses Google's cloud for iCloud
A document contains Apple's first public acknowledgment that it is storing data for its iCloud services in Google's data centers.www.cnbc.com
It makes no difference. Apple is responsible as they are the ones with the TOS agreement.
This is illegal, at least in the UK and EU
Indeed that's the NSFW photo I'm hoping doesn't "pop up" again
But yeah as Ricky said, Tim Apple has some esplainin' to do regarding what "deleted" means
That's not how cloud object storage works. If these photos are really restored from cloud, Apple must have kept references to them (in addition to the decryption keys), otherwise they'd have no IDs to retrieve the data, even if Google kept the stored data. The way to safely delete objects from cloud storage is to delete the decryption keys, then it doesn’t matter if the encrypted object still exists somewhere or not.Doesn't Apple use Google Cloud as their cloud provider?
Maybe this isn't an Apple issue but rather an Alphabet/Google Cloud issue.
Apple is now Google's largest corporate customer for cloud storage | AppleInsider
Apple has dramatically increased the amount of data that it stores on Google's cloud services, suggesting that its storage needs have grown faster than it can handle with its own servers.appleinsider.com
If they've kept personal photos that individuals have deleted, that is plain illegal (at least in the UK and EU). This means Apple is saying NOTHING on this. Expect a very quiet fix, very soon.Indeed that's the NSFW photo I'm hoping doesn't "pop up" again
But yeah as Ricky said, Tim Apple has some esplainin' to do regarding what "deleted" means
fascinating theory. I have a weird feeling this story is going to unfold quite a bit as techies do their best to figure out what’s going on here—would be quite the spectacle if an “invisible whistleblower” is unveiled.
If this was Google photos, this site/forum would be losing its minds and the tech media would be out in force tweeting like its had their pets put down.
Apple should be rightly condemned for this hoarding of old images and the hilarious fact they leaked it themselves for being so incompetent.
How anyone with a brain can fall for the marketing BS of "privacy" at Apple is beyond me.
Apple should be rightly condemned for this hoarding of old images and the hilarious fact they leaked it themselves for being so incompetent.
How anyone with a brain can fall for the marketing BS of "privacy" at Apple is beyond me.
I’m just glad that nobody is overreacting and everyone is patiently waiting for clarity on the issue.
The lack of insight in this article is troubling.
If photos are re-appearing after they were deleted years ago, it is not a new bug. It is, in fact, new fix. If the photo had been actually deleted, it should be gone. If it was not actually deleted and was instead orphaned, it should appear in the library until properly deleted. An orphaned photo not appearing as a serious spec.
An alternative would’ve been to delete the orphan photos, but then you wouldn’t know that they had never been deleted until now.
This is an honest bug fix.
If photos are re-appearing after they were deleted years ago, it is not a new bug. It is, in fact, new fix. If the photo had been actually deleted, it should be gone. If it was not actually deleted and was instead orphaned, it should appear in the library until properly deleted. An orphaned photo not appearing as a serious spec.
An alternative would’ve been to delete the orphan photos, but then you wouldn’t know that they had never been deleted until now.
This is an honest bug fix.
This is incredible spin.
Call it a bug or fix, that's not really important.
Only thing that matters is "deleted" photos were clearly not actually deleted despite Apple telling us they were.
This happened to me, photos from October last year that were deleted in November. I thought Apple only kept your deleted photos for up to 40 days. Even the last day of November would be over 180 days. That’s disturbing.
I mean the cause of it is not really going to change the fact that "deleted" photos weren't deleted. I think the reaction is warranted here. Despite the belief of some, Apple is not perfect.
Dear God, it’s worst than we thoughtApple doesn't handle storage for icloud, Google handles data storage.
Apple confirms it uses Google's cloud for iCloud
A document contains Apple's first public acknowledgment that it is storing data for its iCloud services in Google's data centers.
What do you mean by "overwritten by newer data"?
Let's say I delete 10 files, emptry my Trash and then delete another 10 files and empty the trash. Are they overwritten?
This might explain why I still get Storage is Full, when I still have over 2GB of storage left, but I’m still reminded.
Very annoying. Good thing I did not upgrade to 17.5 yet. We just have to be one step behind in updating, I always keep my update to manual update on all of my devices.
Very annoying. Good thing I did not upgrade to 17.5 yet. We just have to be one step behind in updating, I always keep my update to manual update on all of my devices.
Is nobody paying attention to Apple's ads?
"Don't let me goooOOOoooo" ... "Don't you ever...let me go..." -
"Don't let me goooOOOoooo" ... "Don't you ever...let me go..." -
this is the reality of modern day software. Nothing would get released if the goal was 'no bugs'
No-one is worried about the bug, iOS is a little buggy these days, we all understand that. Its the fact that the bug shows Apple are not deleting user photos after the user has requested deletion. That is illegal in most parts of the western world, morally wrong from a personal privacy point of view, and hypocrisy from a brand that prides itself on being a bastion of personal privacy
Random deleted naughty pics popping up in user's photo libraries around the world as we speak.
Every software has bugs; what’s important is who has the capability to send a software update and fix those bugs, and the only answer is Apple.