r/privacy 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/Stilgar314 7d ago

Opt-in by default to make sure every clueless user will never take the steps to shut it down. Typical shitty corpo movement, so common that I'll use it as a reminder to check all my privacy options in every service.

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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy 7d ago

Yes, classic example of Dark Patterns.

Make it so burdensome to reset the abusive defaults to something privacy-respecting, that people get frustrated and stop bothering.

For the first time in years the Biden Administration had put regulators in place working to stop this kind of stuff, and that will all go down the toilet when the insurrectionist takes office again later this month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_patterns

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u/ColdInMinnesooota 5d ago

it's when they start doing this kind of stuff when i just assume they are covertly doing whatever they want to anyways.