jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoApple’s Photo Bug Exposes the Myth of ‘Deleted’www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down18
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minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·4 months agoIt would be deleted if a factory reset actually did its job. I’m not unconvinced this is a move to get people to throw away there old phones instead of creating a used market.
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoFactory reset is for the phone. Photo libraries are backed up to the cloud. The issue was the photos weren’t deleted in the cloud.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agowhy would someone not immediately disable cloud backups upon purchasing a device? are they stupid?
It would be deleted if a factory reset actually did its job.
I’m not unconvinced this is a move to get people to throw away there old phones instead of creating a used market.
Factory reset is for the phone. Photo libraries are backed up to the cloud. The issue was the photos weren’t deleted in the cloud.
why would someone not immediately disable cloud backups upon purchasing a device? are they stupid?