Many of the changes brought on by Apple Intelligence are centered around the camera and images on your iPhone, like making a movie out of your stored photos or generative image editing. But natural language search, which lets you find photos by describing them using regular language, was one of our favorites.

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"It ought to be up to the individual user to decide their own tolerance for the risk of privacy violations," developer Jeff Johnson argued.

To allow personal photos to be searched for landmarks, iOS synchronizes image data with Apple servers. An opt-out apparently does not undo this.

What is Enhanced Visual Search in Apple Photos, and why does it have privacy advocates concerned about its implementation?

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,

The world is evolving, and so is the field of cyberattacks. In this ever evolving world, the topic of privacy is often talked about. Some people take it very seriously, and some have a chill approach towards it.