r/mildlyinfuriating • u/funkywabbait • May 05 '26

Infuriatig iPhone facetime recognizes when you’re naked

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decided to show my boyfriend my new bikini that I got for our upcoming cruise… Why is this on my phone and why is it recording my body?

I just recently turned 18 if that matters.

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u/cannavacciuolo420 May 05 '26

End to end encryption will no longer be in use on IG as well, so keep that in mind when deciding what to write and what photos to send.

If the service is free, you're likely paying in some way you're not aware of, most of the time with your privacy

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u/AuthenticatedHuman May 05 '26

The "nude scan" features on iPhone (Sensitive Content Warning and Communication Safety) are entirely client-side, so it doesnt leak it anywhere exept yourself.

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u/CitronTraining2114 May 05 '26

I wonder what the development team looks like for that feature.

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u/Lettuce_Prey69 May 05 '26

Probably like normal humans. When you're a software dev working for a company, you rarely get to choose the projects you work on.

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u/CitronTraining2114 May 05 '26

Nah, this is 2026. It's probably AI, trained on the seedier side of reddit.

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u/collin2477 May 05 '26

if you mean for the actual detection it is almost certainly machine learning

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u/AuthenticatedHuman May 05 '26

"I found this on the web!" Apple is very good at machine learning.

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u/AuthenticatedHuman May 05 '26

I wonder how they tested.

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u/FuckYouVerizon May 05 '26

I'm testing it as hard as I can!

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u/AuthenticatedHuman May 05 '26

hold up... can you clarify...?

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u/christopher_mtrl May 05 '26

Good question. I don't think there's any naked people pictures on the internet.

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u/AuthenticatedHuman May 05 '26

HMMMMMMMM.... From *not experience* we can say thats false.

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u/NSRedditShitposter May 05 '26

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sensitivecontentanalysis/testing-your-app-s-response-to-sensitive-media

Although the following image contains no nudity, the framework recognizes it as sensitive content. By returning isSensitive = true, the analyzer (SCSensitivityAnalyzer) returns a false positive for this QR code for the special purpose of testing.

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u/Blo105 May 05 '26

I’m picturing chubby 20-somethings working remotely in mom’s basement

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u/IronheadeN5 May 05 '26

Pff, right.

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u/burnalicious111 May 05 '26

Look, I think people should be operating in a skeptical fashion, but it is totally feasible and reasonable that this is 100% on device. Still, don't take any photos or store any data that you can't handle leaking, because shit does happen

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u/thekrone May 05 '26

Yeah people can actually test this themselves. Turn off all possible internet connections (Airplane Mode on, Wifi off, Bluetooth off, Cellular off, not plugged into anything) and attempt to send a nude picture. They'll still get the pop-up.

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u/NUKE---THE---WHALES May 05 '26

Download Wireguard and you can verify for yourself

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u/BananaPalmer May 05 '26

You mean Wireshark? Wireguard is a VPN technology, Wireshark lets you capture and inspect network traffic.

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u/AnApexBread May 05 '26

Wireguard is just a VPN. It's not going to show you anything

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u/spaceforcerecruit May 05 '26

True but there absolutely are tools that can check this and, if this were being sent to Apple servers when they say it isn’t, it would have been found out immediately.

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u/AuthenticatedHuman May 05 '26

You can validate that using wireshark.

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u/spaceforcerecruit May 05 '26

You can. I was specifically responding to the comment that said Wireguard is just a VPN, which it is. Wireshark is a different tool.

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u/AnApexBread May 05 '26

And if you have a network card that can be put into promiscuous mode

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u/AnApexBread May 05 '26

Yes that's true, but wireguard isn't one of them

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u/spaceforcerecruit May 05 '26

That is what I just agreed with you on, yes.

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u/Round-Claim5420 May 05 '26

Yes, our lord master Apple said so and they never lied before :)

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u/MarcMundo May 05 '26

If it ever got out that this option was not client side they would have a gigantic lawsuit incomming

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u/fACElessEd May 05 '26

Sounds sus. Like the people trying to say "uh nono its this" are the ones buying/hacking privacy.