Apple clarifies iOS 17.5 bug that exposed deleted photos
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/apple-clarifies-ios-17-5-bug-that-exposed-deleted-photos/

First, Apple told what appears to be the truth...
"Apple told the publication that the photos were not regurgitated
from iCloud Photos after being deleted on the local device; rather,
they were local to the device. Apple says they were neither left
in the cloud after deletion nor synced to it after, and the company
did not have access to the deleted photos."

Then the constant and shockingly brazen lies by Apple came next...
"The photos were retained on the local device storage due to a database
corruption issue, and the bug resurfaced photos that were flagged for
deletion but were not actually fully deleted locally."

Nobody but an ignorant uneducated Apple religious zealot would believe that
a "database corruption" caused absolutely perfectly formed photos to
magically re-appear after those photos were supposed to have been deleted.

Only at Apple does a "database corruption" cause perfectly formed photos to
magically appear after a decade where they were supposed to have been gone.

"The company claimed that when users reported the photos resurfacing
on a device other than the one they were originally deleted on, it
was always because they had restored from a backup other than iCloud
Photos or performed a direct transfer from one device to another."

Since nobody believes a word Apple says anymore, due to such obvious and
brazen outright lies, it's no longer shocking that arstechnica said this:

"If what the company told 9to5Mac is true..."

Apple lies so much that nobody but the religious zealots believe them.

On 2024-05-24 13:46, Andrew wrote:
> Apple clarifies iOS 17.5 bug that exposed deleted photos
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/apple-clarifies-ios-17-5-bug-that-exposed-deleted-photos/
>
> First, Apple told what appears to be the truth...
> "Apple told the publication that the photos were not regurgitated
> from iCloud Photos after being deleted on the local device; rather,
> they were local to the device. Apple says they were neither left
> in the cloud after deletion nor synced to it after, and the company
> did not have access to the deleted photos."
>
> Then the constant and shockingly brazen lies by Apple came next...
> "The photos were retained on the local device storage due to a database
> corruption issue, and the bug resurfaced photos that were flagged for
> deletion but were not actually fully deleted locally."
>
> Nobody but an ignorant uneducated Apple religious zealot would believe that
> a "database corruption" caused absolutely perfectly formed photos to
> magically re-appear after those photos were supposed to have been deleted.

But if the photos "were not actually fully deleted locally."

>
> Only at Apple does a "database corruption" cause perfectly formed photos to
> magically appear after a decade where they were supposed to have been gone.

The database ORGANIZES the photos, doofus.

If the device looks at the database to display the photos and the
database says the photo is deleted because the database is corrupted...

....then the photo will reappear of the corruption is fixed.

>
> "The company claimed that when users reported the photos resurfacing
> on a device other than the one they were originally deleted on, it
> was always because they had restored from a backup other than iCloud
> Photos or performed a direct transfer from one device to another."
>
> Since nobody believes a word Apple says anymore, due to such obvious and
> brazen outright lies, it's no longer shocking that arstechnica said this:
>
> "If what the company told 9to5Mac is true..."
>
> Apple lies so much that nobody but the religious zealots believe them.