r/privacy • u/lo________________ol • 7d ago

Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI news

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/
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u/ThisIsPaulDaily 7d ago

" 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." - The article

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u/lo________________ol 7d ago

FYI, you are quoting Apple and incorrectly attributing it to the article.

It's typical PR speak to universally enable an invasive feature, and then say "anybody can disable it" somewhere else in a much more obscure place.

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u/7heblackwolf 6d ago

Ok, at this point you just sound like a Karen...

Jobs introduced the three-clicks away long long time ago.

Literally this privacy "concerning" setting is 3 clicks away.

In windows for example you literally cannot disable Recall feature which is taking snapshots of whatever the f you're doing, or you cannot fully disable telemetry at all.

While I'm one of those that will likely disable it, for most common folks it's not a big deal and thel will probably enjoy the feature related, such as creating memories based on relevant contextual data or grouping photos (which WAS A THING EVEN BEFORE AI, this will just improve that locally).

So yeah, I think you're being a bit paranoid tbh. This is not one of the grounbreaking news in privacy, you're just trying to make it sound as it is.