Some iCloud customers are reporting severe points, together with corrupted movies that now comprise nonetheless photos taken by unknown individuals.
Posting within the MacRumors discussion board, one person reveals how movies recorded on an iPhone 14 Professional Max end in “black movies with scan traces” and, extra worryingly, “inserting stills into movies from unknown sources, probably others’ iCloud accounts.” These stills reportedly image “different individuals’s households, soccer video games and different random photographs.”
Some iCloud customers are reporting severe points, together with corrupted movies that now comprise nonetheless … [+]
The issue appears to happen solely when HDR and HEVC recording is enabled and when utilizing the newest model of iCloud for Home windows downloaded from the Microsoft retailer.
Since posting, others have reported the identical subject which seems additionally to happen on movies shot with an iPhone 13 Professional. Moreover, the unique poster claims to have reported the problem to “the Apple safety crew” solely to be informed that it’s not a safety concern.
If the intrusive photos are coming from different iCloud customers, this most definitely is a really severe safety concern. At this level, nobody is aware of the place the photographs are coming from. With out figuring out the supply, there’s no concrete proof that anybody’s safety has been breached. Nonetheless, one person at present experiencing the bug has described these sudden photographs as “clearly another person’s private photos”, which is probably worrying for anybody who has private content material saved of their iCloud library.
Fortunately, the issue doesn’t seem like widespread as solely a handful of customers have reported the problem. The unique poster has additionally reported that the bug is now not occurring. Nonetheless, this affords no reassurance for anybody whose private photographs might have already been shared by chance, whether or not or not they originated from iCloud.
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