Claude Code found 12,847 face images in an iPhone diagnostic archive
Cooler's October 26th X post says Claude Code found 12,847 purported face images in an iPhone sysdiagnose export. Apple says Face ID discards images captured during normal operation after processing.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: x.com
Why it matters
If diagnostic files contained face images accessible to apps, that would raise a privacy question separate from access to Face ID's protected biometric template. Apple's published Face ID security descriptions cover normal operation, not diagnostic-file access.
Cooler (@coolerwave) said on October 26th that Claude Code identified 12,847 purported face images in an iPhone diagnostic archive, including infrared frames and front-camera images. The post alleges the files had timestamps and location data and were outside the Photos library.
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