←back to thread

Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos

(www.zdnet.com)
530 points mdhb | 3 comments | 29 Aug 25 12:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source
Show context
cj ◴[29 Aug 25 12:17 UTC] No.45063092[source]▶
This should be a non-issue if you use Apple’s privacy settings to limit Facebook to only have access to the photos you want to use.

I’d highly recommend never granting any app full access to your photos.

replies(5): >>45063252 #>>45063465 #>>45063529 #>>45063820 #>>45065362 #
1. abcd_f ◴[29 Aug 25 12:53 UTC] No.45063465[source]▶
That's on newer iOS versions and, by extension, on newer Apple devices only though.
replies(2): >>45063531 #>>45063553 #
2. rimunroe ◴[29 Aug 25 12:59 UTC] No.45063531[source]▶
Photo library permissions have been around since iOS 14. As long as you have an iPhone made in the last ten years you should be able to use it.
3. bigDinosaur ◴[29 Aug 25 13:01 UTC] No.45063553[source]▶
Apparently this functionality was released in iOS 14, which was supported by the iPhone 6S, released in 2015, so any phone in the past 10 years should have support for it. That seems reasonable enough.