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> once this system is in place it will be used for anything, not just photos

There is a system in place to make a 'backup' of the entire device to a remote server in place and has been in place on every iphone since October 12, 2011. The entire device is covered; logs, calls, messages, files, photos etc. Pandoras box has been open for 10 years.

It is called iCloud backup. If they want to repurpose an existing function against the expressed permission of the user to exfiltrate their data and use it against them, why not just use that instead?




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