Data security is one of the common reasons people prefer iOS and iPadOS over Android.
However, a recent incident involving an iOS 17.5 bug has caused people to doubt this trust.
Many noticed this trend while coming across already-deleted photos in the Uploaded to iCloud album.
This bug gathered attention on 15 May when an iOS user took it toRedditto share this creepy experience.
The OP shared an experience where they encountered NSFW material they deleted several years ago.
Some were puzzled when they came across years-old artworkand, often, NSFW photosthat were deleted permanently.
The latest updates, however, point towards a more problematic narrative.
In a now-deletedReddit post, a user shared a somewhat creepier story.
The Reddit user is sure that they had erased the iPad Pro according to Apples instructions.
Per the iOS policy, photos deleted from the Photos app will be kept in Trash for 30 days.
After 30 days, all these photos would be permanently deleted.
Therefore, photos deleted years or decades ago reappearing after an update is a massive privacy violation.
Unsurprisingly, people are taken aback by this, especially when it happens on an Apple gear.
More importantly, the bug does not seem to affect all users running iOS 17.5.
Nor does it restore all deleted photos to the Photos app.
The randomness of the issue causes users to believe it is a gadget-specific issue.
At the time of writing, Apple has yet to acknowledge the issue or respond.
source: www.techworm.net
