Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
“You can turn off Enhanced Visual Search at any time on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Apps > Photos. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General”
Leia: Not in Europe, right? Right?
I think it's Padme. In the meme, I mean.
I haven’t accepted iCloud ToS changes in many months, and I refuse to update to iOS 18, because of AI bullshit.
I’ll probably end up back on android over this.. at least I can get a phone that can be stripped down to basics.. (don’t ask why I got an iPhone at all.. mistakes were made..)
Good luck with the Google bullshit 🫡
The main problem is not even the presence of machine learning content detection. It's a lot of things predating any sort of machine learning development:
- "Screw consent" mentality: feature is by default on.
- Product tying: Apple doesn't need to show to the user that the feature is desirable, since it's tied to its OS.
- Leaking data: feature could be reasonably developed to run locally, but instead it sends data to someone else's computer aka "the cloud".