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Apple Photos app corrupts images

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1133 points pattyj | 1 comments | 17 Sep 25 11:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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myshkin5 ◴[17 Sep 25 14:29 UTC] No.45276272[source]▶
I’m a fan of the whole Apple ecosystem but I have to say that there’s a pattern here. Apple does a decent job of keeping my data safe from others but a terrible job of keeping it intact. From music libraries with song titles that got switched to long integers to this (and I’m sure more that I’m not remembering atm) they need to do a better job here.

Sure security is important but integrity is too.

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1. puglr ◴[17 Sep 25 15:32 UTC] No.45277081[source]▶
Odd that you would omit the part of the text you quoted that contradicts the impression your partial quote creates.

> The images were initially believed to have been obtained via a breach of Apple's cloud services suite iCloud, or a security issue in the iCloud API which allowed them to make unlimited attempts at guessing victims' passwords. Apple claimed in a press release that access was gained via spear phishing attacks.

I also found it notable that the source for the above unlimited password guessing password guessing is an Apple press release that states no such thing.

Also interesting was that all sources in that article suggesting anything about unlimited attempts describe to an app or script (unclear which) called iDar, which the only source to actual name iDar claims that it reports success 100% of the time, regardless of its actual success in guessing the password.

I've no love for Apple. Maybe it's true. But the evidence presented in this wiki article is weak.