No, Apple Photos face recognition is not a privacy threat – quite the opposite

We learned yesterday that a judge is allowing a $32B lawsuit to proceed , alleging that Apple Photos face recognition violates a state privacy law.

It has been conflated with Meta’s use of face recognition, despite the two companies’ approaches falling at opposite ends of the privacy spectrum. In allowing the case to proceed, the court fundamentally misunderstands how the feature works …

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