https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/
macOS ventura 13.1 scans your local images using network API requests to apple when browsing local image files in the finder now.
be advised.
@sneak I shared your blog post and then immediately received criticism, and then someone sent me this link to the topic, obviously a response to your discovery.
https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/18/is-apple-checking-images-we-view-in-the-finder/
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@unixviking from their article:
"Images viewed in apps supporting VLU have neural hashes computed, and those are uploaded to Apple’s servers to perform look up and return its results to the user, as previously detailed."
So information about the contents of the image is sent to Apple via API. Cool.
