[zaroth]

I don’t even use iCloud Photos and this was on by default. Very bad move by Apple to ship my photos off my device, without my permission, in any shape or form, I don’t care.

[threeseed]

If you don't use iCloud Photos your photos are not shipped off your device.

[zaroth]

I wish it were so! That was true until they turned this feature on by default.

[mike_d]

That isn't what is happening. The author of this blog post has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.

[JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B]

> That isn't what is happening

Then why is it happening to me?

[newZWhoDis]

It’s funny how the wordsmiths come out to defend Apple here.

Your “photos” aren’t shipped off-device without your knowledge, just an arbitrary blob of ”metadata” that you can’t audit describing everything about that photo. :)

It’s sort of like “I don’t want my WiFi router uploading my house online!” And someone replying “it’s not your physical house, just a map of the house and the real time location of everyone in it! The house never moves!”