 Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent. Jeffrey Paul: Imagine my surprise when browsing these images in the Finder, Little Snitch told me that macOS is now connecting to Apple APIs via a program named mediaanalysisd (Media... 15 comments
 @jwz These folks have had a look at it: https://defcon.social/@mysk/109735319047486114 Supposedly, the behavior does not exist in the new macOS version released yesterday. @jwz Well without what else? Consent is for people with power. We are not such. @jwz @daedalus Nope, that was a bug (and never actually did anything other than make an empty connection request): https://defcon.social/@mysk/109740918967662912 @jwz you probably want to read this article, if you haven’t already https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/18/is-apple-checking-images-we-view-in-the-finder/ I think it does a good job of explaining what is happening (and why) under the hood, and ways to disable the behavior if you are not convinced anyway. Hope it helps! @orestis @tartley Well if you don't appreciate the tone, I'd recommend unfollowing me. But just because a black box that phoned home yesterday doesn't phone home tomorrow.... Let's say that does little to increase my level of trust. (And I didn't find the original behavior. I did however also observe it.) |
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@jwz just reposting disproven theories days after other users have done the work to disprove them?