Apple was released iOS 18.3 On January 27, this update brought some Security spots And updates for some iPhone features, such as Abstracts to notify artificial intelligence. But when Apple released iOS 18 In September, one feature in update sends images from iPhone to Apple servers in an attempt to help you find pictures in your photo library better. Apple calls this feature improved visual search, and is operated by default.
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Apple visual research privacy measures
“The improved visual search allows you to search for images using landmarks or attention points,” I wrote Apple online. “Your device is particularly identical to the places in your photos with a global index kept on our servers.”
According to Apple research postParts of the image that may contain a teacher and send to Apple servers are not encoded, so the entire image has not been sent. Your encrypted data is also one point among other parts of unwanted data that are not associated with any of the images or anyone else.
Once the data reaches the Apple server, the server does not cancel the decoding of the data. It only works with encrypted data. If the server determines whether the encrypted images data contains a teacher for or not, then the server sends your device an encrypted response, which your device then dismantles it.
The company also wrote in the post that it uses a third party Neglant http Deporter to hide your data address. Each time the iPhone sends image data to a server, the data is given a new IP address.
But some people wondered whether this is sufficient to protect your data. “If my computer sends data to the computer manufacturer, this is not private, or at least is not completely special,” Developer Jeff Johnson Online books. “The program’s mistake will be enough to make users weak, and Apple cannot ensure that there are no programs that do not include errors.”
If you are concerned about the improving visual search that sent your photos to Apple servers, here is how to turn off the feature. It is important to note that if you have Icloud account To store photos or backups for your iPhone data, your photos will still go to Apple servers. Stopping this feature will not stop it.
How to disable improved visual search
1. Open Settings.
2. handle Applications.
3. handle photo.
4. Click the switch next to Improved visual research.
Now, your iPhone will not send encrypted image data to Apple servers to help you find pictures of your iPhone. This also means that searching for pictures on your iPhone is likely to suffer. If you want to turn on the feature again, follow the steps above.
To learn more about iOS 18, here is what to know iOS 18.3 and iOS 18.2. You can also see our IOS 18 fraud paper.
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