Users who have updated their iPhones to iOS 18 or later, as well as those using macOS Sequoia, should be aware that photo encrypted data will be shared with Apple by default without user consent.
Apple is renowned for its data security; user data is neither saved nor accessible to anyone, including Apple itself, due to its robust data encryption mechanisms. This commitment to user privacy is a key factor in consumer preference for Apple devices. However, iOS 18 introduces some changes to this paradigm.
It has been reported that Apple will be storing photo data on iPhones and Macs running the latest version of iOS 18, without explicit user consent. Users who wish to prevent their data from being shared with Apple by default will need to manually adjust their settings. This article will provide detailed instructions on how to do so.
Shared Photos Data When Using Enhanced Visual Search
Apple’s newly introduced enhanced visual search feature on iPhone iOS 18 reads data and landmarks when in use. This data is transmitted to Apple to provide users with improved visual search results.
This feature was enabled recently and with this feature enabled by apple, when the user performs enhanced visual search, then apple reads the data like landmark, vector embedding and other data by default.Â
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You will be sharing Photo’s data to apple when performing enhanced visual search without your concern and when ever you use enhanced visual search on your iPhone iOS 18, data will be sent to apple servers and to give better experience and better search quality apple will read the data and accordingly it will serve the results to give better results in enhanced visual search.
How do i Disable Sharing Photos App Data to Apple Using Enhanced Visual Search
If you want, you can disable sharing data to Apple when you are using enhanced visual search feature, by going to photos app settings and turn off enhanced visual search feature and toggle button next to it and disable it.