iOS 18 shares your photo data with Apple by default

Apple’s latest iOS update shares your photo data without asking
Apple's latest iOS 18 update automatically shares photo data with their servers for enhanced visual search, prompting security concerns and a need to turn off the feature in settings.
This sneaky iOS 18 setting shares your photos with Apple — here’s how to turn it off
It ought to be up to the individual user to decide their own tolerance for the risk of privacy violations,” developer Jeff Johnson argued.
Did you know that iOS 18 transmits photo location data to Apple by default?
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This iOS 18 feature shares your photos with Apple. How to turn it off
A new feature in iOS 18 can share your photos with Apple. Here's how it works, whether you should be concerned, and how to turn it off if you'd prefer.
iOS 18's Photos app sends data to Apple without your consent
Data privacy has always been a key selling point for Apple products. The company even carried its philosophy over to the implementation of AI in iPhones, which could be affecting performance. However,
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Apple Mail app redesign introduces new categorization feature in iOS 18.2
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