Why iPhone Takes Your Picture Every 5 Seconds

[@bokogonk]

"We noticed you are not watching this ad. Please keep your face pointed at the screen and your eyes open for the ad to finish playing."

[@vytah]

"Drink a verification can." That story wasn't a horror story. It was a design document.

[@oc3144]

man, fuck that. Thats scary as hell. Straight from black mirror

[@geronimo5537]

I enter my 4-5 digit code to confirm my identity to unlock the phone and it works every time.

[@legoenginemechanic101]

See they won’t get that greedy because people will stop

[@danydady6851]

​@@legoenginemechanic101that logic hasn't worked yet

[@SalveRegina8]

Step 1: get nearest roll of tape Step 2: tear off piece Step 3: put over camera

[@ALEAX624]

When my grandmother was given a netbook with Windows 7, she watched RenTV (Russian X-files) and taped over the webcam that was for Skype

[@syrup8550]

@@ALEAX624 My mom tapes webcams all the time with her laptops

[@neaneoneunuo9651]

What about the microphone then? Tape does not stop sound. What about other sensors? Only if you knew how strong of a spy a phone can be.

[@pts5217]

It’s used for the Face ID feature

[@nikkingman]

Typical Apple user requires IKEA-level instructions.

[@tapejara1507]

"Its not taking a photo its just taking an image of your face every 5 seconds" ok thanks bre

[@leonhardmollney8638]

True

[@LilRyRyYT21]

that’s not what he said, that’s a strawman.

[@zikondenyirenda]

Its sending intrared ray that maps what's in front of the camera. No Images are taken or stored, it just processes what it see in front of it and that data is more of a 3D map than a photo. Key points: 1. For users security and convenience, I for one like it 2. Not stored. 3. You can deactivate it if it makes you uncomfortable. Simple as that My Android phone unlocks when shown a picture of me but my iphone could never. There are a few areas that androids are better than iOS (like customizability) but iphones are superior in most aspects, and security - made possible by such features - is one of them.

[@pradeep2662]

​@@zikondenyirendaits not about whether a image is taken or not. Its about you being tracked. Don't hyperfocus on the word image.

[@zikondenyirenda]

@@pradeep2662 are you serious? It's not like they keep it secret or they could use it to harm you in any way. There are so many more devices that collect way more personal info on a daily basis that can actually be used to hard you like CCTVs Alexa, satelites, keyboards, and all other degital devices that can connect to your home wifi including vacuuming machines and mirrors. Besides, its only there to help serve you better and you can turn it off if it makes you uncomfortable

[@BulborbStan]

This explains a lot about iPhone battery life.

[@outatime626]

There are certain settings that can improve battery life, but the biggest drain is the background apps that are always running.

[@xVishaal]

To ensure you are looking at screen, itself required battery for processor,for that infrared camera.... Instead give a large capacity battery in iphone....

[@vyrgozunqk]

@@outatime626 as person working in company which develops software for apple, trust me, there are no apps that work heavily on background, at least not for longer than 10 minutes. iOS kills them after few minutes. If an app makes too many wake-ups it would be again killed fast. GPS or music apps rely on different api's and keep foreground processes. Even so, they are still being killed. Example is Spotify, if you use it, you would notice that suddenly the player on your lock screen disappears after you've stopped listening to music for some time. Well the OS decided to kill the app for some reason(apple music isn't affected :D). If too many push notifications are sent -> same result. Some larger apps like Facebook, Viber, WhatsApp have the ability to receive more push notifications(with permissions granted by apple) which can wake the app more often and sync some stuff on background, but you can always disable this, although the OS still limits them at reasonable levels.

[@akshatrawat3300]

​@@xVishaal we surely gonna say good bye to charging port because apple won't have enough space for that😂

[@dpptd30]

You mean battery life that beats the competition? What are you trying to say here?

[@key37raminus]

So it's not taking a picture, it's actually watching/checking your face? How is that LESS scary?

[@lmor7110]

You can turn the feature off

[@shreky6917]

@@lmor7110how?

[@Toughmittens]

@@shreky6917the explain how at the very end of the video

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

So it's on BY DEFAULT??? 💀💀💀

[@babybirdhome]

@@jaideepshekhar4621Yes, because otherwise anyone could unlock your phone by just pointing it at you.

[@ronijarvinen3759]

I imagine ad companies also don't take any photos, just mapping data. And not of your face, just what's in front of the phone. Not for their purposes of course, just to make sure your screen brightness is good. So friendly and helpful companies going all the way for our comfort.

[@louisebicuadra]

Do you have any doubts that the biometric data is not stored locally? If so, do you have a source that contradicts this?

[@ronijarvinen3759]

@@louisebicuadra I haven't talked about where it is stored.

[@louisebicuadra]

@@ronijarvinen3759 „Yeah. If advertising companies secretly wanted to analyze facial expression data, they’d probably need to send that data off the device to store and process it on their servers, even if just temporarily. And even if that didn’t happen, Apple likely wouldn’t risk breaking its own privacy rules-the potential hit to their business just wouldn’t be worth it.“

[@smokejumper749]

​@@louisebicuadrathere is literally no way to know except taking their word for it and those companies are the opposite of trustworthy so decide for yourself

[@STARIZZY458]

is that why sometimes my screen brightness randomly goes up or down

[@TomlinsTE]

Don't worry all of the incredibly invasive features are for your convenience.

[@2MeterLP]

Of course, they need all my personal information, my live location, my fingerprints and a 3D model of my face to make the device more convenient :D

[@BananaPelted]

@@2MeterLPThe op was sarcasm. Idk if your comment is but if it is then 😂

[@2MeterLP]

@@BananaPelted it is lol

[@BananaPelted]

@@2MeterLP Cool you earn a like 👍

[@edd868]

This is actually true. This is why everything electronic works so well in China. But I'm the type who disables all USB data stuff, NFC and other things that can share my data, just because that's a stance I'll stand by, even after everyone is driving auto pilot cars and talking to each other through their glasses or something. Still make my coffee with a French Press, and I keep a booklet of my mileage so I know when maintenance I need to do on my car

[@mercuriallimit]

Imagine the phone checks our facial expression and use that to analyze our reactions to posts we see on social medias

[@usernumber354]

Poker face 🥸

[@kristenmichelle3467]

Oh this is tea

[@seattlesix]

iOS 17.6.0 😂

[@geirtwo]

Bullseye!

[@truthseeker7815]

Pff they won’t know what to post then

[@garypinholster1962]

"Not even apple has access to it" press x to doubt.

[@ggukiemonster]

x

[@NatetheNerdy]

"I am not lying to you" -person with every reason to lie to you.

[@picturesintheair]

@@NatetheNerdyexcept for all the independent verification: While Apple claims that user data is not sent to them without explicit consent, independent security researchers and experts can verify this by inspecting the code that runs on Apple's servers, which is made available for review to ensure privacy compliance; users can also review Apple's privacy policy to understand how their data is handled. Key points about verification: Code inspection: Independent experts can analyze the source code of Apple's servers to confirm that user data is not being collected or transmitted without authorization. Privacy policy transparency: Apple provides detailed information on their website about how user data is collected, stored, and used, allowing users to understand their privacy practices. Auditing and reviews: Third-party organizations can conduct audits of Apple's systems to verify adherence to privacy standards Apple can’t even get your data when subpoenaed by a court

[@bidet1098]

x

[@picturesintheair]

@@garypinholster1962 you don’t have to doubt. Literally anyone can see and verify the software. It’s been varified thiusands of times.

[@Jake-bt3fc]

Just imagine how good the battery life would be if the phone wasn't constantly doing 1 million unnecessary things in the background.

[@IShatMyPantsSoHard]

Yeah but buddy wheres the fun in that? Smh live a little, this is the future old man!!!!!

[@Jake-bt3fc]

@ The past was great. Your phone battery lasted forever because it didn’t have spyware running in the background constantly. We also had nicad batteries that don’t immediately start deteriorating

[@IShatMyPantsSoHard]

@@Jake-bt3fc buddy, it was a joke. Nah but seriously, how can you not love spyware? I love my actions being watched 🥰

[@MatsuShige_art]

@@Jake-bt3fcyoucan turn off that feature. Also buy an android like Samsung, it is at par with iPhoneit uses fingerprints sensornot face ID maybe that will fit your needs

[@QuanCena220]

It barely uses battery

[@ironspider6851]

there is a small mistake in the video. the infrared light being flashed onto your face every 5 seconds is *not* the 30000 dots emitted by the dot projector. its actually just plain infrared light flashed by the flood illuminator. the dot projector is only used for 3d mapping features like face id. attention awareness features don't make use of the dot projector.

[@saladien9987]

It unlocks the emails etc when detected so it uses Face ID once your detected.

[@CapnSlipp]

@@saladien9987It uses Face ID when the UI in the middle of the screen says it's unlocking with Face ID (and requires you to look at the phone). It isn't when it doesn't. I don't see where your confusion is.

[@saladien9987]

@@CapnSlipp there is no confusion. I explained how it works.

[@oczhaal]

there would be no point in flashing the IR light alone, come on.

[@poet79eyes]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💩

[@Zaphod771]

I don't care what you say, I'm going to blind my kids' webcams. Even Zuckerberg puts black tape on his camera.

[@joshsa4935]

Yip I've always done this and many tech people I've met do the same.

[@heloguys488]

I have always asked myself why people dont do that, your back camera doesnt record your face, but people cover it (which isnt bad) but the front cam is the problem.

[@MegaZidzid]

@@heloguys488 phone case with sliding camera covers might solve the problem

[@RonLarhz]

@@heloguys488 I cover both. It's more available nowsadays with china mass production.

[@stargazingbeginner]

That’s just being overprotective over a non existsnt issue. Pop a pill and get real, your kids aren’t important enough for the NSA to take pictures of them, not even mentioning the fact that Apple’s security is absolutely top tier.

[@CareLessWasTaken]

I thought everyone knew it was the infrared camera 😂

[@tdrg_]

Why be truthful when you can exploit and bend the truth for your own gain, aka views?

[@deezpleez3832]

TikTokers will literally say anything for views

[@the-terminator5682]

People are that dumb

[@theavrgenaijaboy]

People are dumb asf 😂

[@KV21YT]

Me too!!

[@HinaCabina]

Wow! Both me and my FBI agent watching learned something new !😮

[@Otohmanuye]

lol that’s actually funny

[@IronSharpensIronOfficial]

I hope someday, my FBI/CIA agent spying on me suddenly breaks in into my bedroom, gives me a cookie, and leaves with no explanation and we both move on.

[@XRocket2009]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CitsVariants]

Say hi

[@victoriadedicova]

Your poop schedule?

[@starplayzreadbio373]

"Why iPhone Takes Your Picture Every 5 Seconds" Me: iPhone Takes Your Picture Every 5 Seconds??

[@GRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFITH]

My life is a lie

[@hitmanzzz]

I assume the only people who actually thought this was true were all tiktok users 😂

[@gamerboyofficalyt]

And we all know how brain dead tiktokers are

[@640A]

Yup, they're not the brightest bunch!

[@mo2cubing]

I thought it might be (small chance) but I don't go near TikTok lol

[@yoorichyrichGaming]

FRRR F’N DUMMIES #StayOffTikTok

[@Achtland44]

tiktok is the biggest spyware you can find and people are scared of apple xd

[@tezy0193]

"no one, not even apple has access to it" .. yeah sure xD

[@Stiegelzeine]

ok give some proof if you can deny this... everyone is innocent until proven guilty so before you come here with your stupid conspiracy how about you provide some facts?

[@MikeOrazzi]

Right?

[@saladien9987]

That’s a basic design decision a TPM or in this case the Enclave don’t give access to the data directly. They only provide limited access usually to hashes or other predefined calls. That’s different than some storage chip where you can access all… and yes I’m in favour of forcing the companies to making the source code of such systems public but they are well established to be safe in this case.

[@peculiarstraw8648]

@@Stiegelzeine Apple can and WILL share your data. Apple is not on a pedestal, and is as greedy as any other company. Also Apple already had a class action lawsuit about sharing user data to 3rd parties.

[@TheBurzhuy]

@@saladien9987 hash is enough to "sell" you. It is even more convenient because it is small to store and, with right hashing algorithm, it is quite unique. This is great for profiling - tracks, preferences in food, places, music, ads, people (to identify the owner of device they need to scan all people that are looking on the screen, why not hash them too? i'm pretty sure that it happens without consent of "not the owner", does it remember hashes? who knows.), whatever they want to know about you. They've hashed you and put to database, and they sell you to local ads buyers without even need to know your face. Also, Apple knows the hashing algorithm, can they hash a photo from police and try to match it with database of hashes? once they discovered a number of suspects they know their devices so they can track location of all of them, then filter out. Having your face next to exact location is not good, especially if you don't know exactly what is done under the hood.

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

"Why are you punching my face, bro !" "I don't punch you, i am just probing your facial features with my fist to check how you feel."

[@lkzwai]

not worries TikTok stole you data, but worries about apple😂

[@bobbob-mi6pq]

Every single app or service you use steals your data and sells it 😆 If TikTok wanted your data, they could buy it from Facebook, Apple, or any other US company at a low price whenever they choose. They will hand it over without a second thought because, unfortunately, you are the product. No company, regardless of their origin, truly cares about their users' privacy, despite their claims

[@rano12321]

the people who'd worry about that wouldn't be using tiktok in the first place

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

Tiktok users thinking about data safety is the biggest irony of the year

[@augustogalindo8687]

@@smallcube-zn2mmthey didn’t say a thing when iOS 15 detected TikTok was checking the clipboard every second 😂

[@paulbarnett227]

@@rano12321 You'd be surprised.

[@fourexample7448]

Oh, no worries. Its just mapping, cataloguing, and storing your entire environment 'locally'. Totally not suspicious

[@boneroaster88j7]

The comments in here disparaging people for not being comfortable with this is really concerning. It's a pretty creepy function.

[@rawar777joshanderson]

This

[@rawar777joshanderson]

@@boneroaster88j7 I am a Gen X and it seems to me the younger and younger generations are more and more OK with the complete takeover of technology.

[@tahseenkhan3629]

Seriously. I feel like im in an alternate universe reading some of these comments blasting people for caring that apple continuously scans to check youre watching your phone fully. Like it's not hard to exteapolate what other tjings they can do with that trend data???

[@fourexample7448]

@@tahseenkhan3629 Right. To be clear, I don't think technology itself is the problem. There's nothing 'wrong' with this invention. But do we really want a multibillion dollar profit and power motivated corporation to be using this? Hell no. And what's the benefit? Does it do anything lifechanging? Not at all. You're giving them absolute autonomy over your life for a miniscule amount of convenience. Saves you one tap of the finger. Talk about a terrible trade!

[@stephend9899]

Your devices are ALWAYS awake and listening to you, when nobody else is. We are the ones in a DEEP SLEEP!

[@charleschristianson2730]

Maybe yours are. Not mine..

[@stephend9899]

@@charleschristianson2730 OK

[@kerwinbrown4180]

​@@charleschristianson2730I love gullible people like you. You serve the machine quite well. The question is whether an action can be monetized.

[@stephend9899]

@@charleschristianson2730 WRONG!

[@charleschristianson2730]

@@stephend9899 There are tons of open source, privacy oriented options out there for people who care enough to use them. It's not even hard anymore.

[@nimarus3118]

For security, never use biometrics to unlock your phone. Naturally, someone could force you to unlock it with your fingerprint. Some may be able to trick some phones or computers with a photo. But one thing people often don't realize is that police can hold your phone up to your face to unlock it and search your phone without your consent...legally. Use a pattern or set of numbers that isn't related to your birthday or address.

[@babybirdhome]

That may be true of Androids, but with any iPhone, all you have to do is press and hold the power and volume down button for a second until it comes up with the power off prompt, and biometric unlock is disabled until you enter your passcode/passphrase no matter what police would like to do. If you want to protect your privacy, just make sure any time you get pulled over, the first thing you do is grab your phone and press and hold your power and volume down buttons until it vibrates - then your device is unlocked and you cannot be compelled to unlock it or provide your passcode or passphrase. But what you SHOULD do is go into your settings and enable complex passcodes, so that you can use more than just digits to lock your device - that makes it a lot harder to break into. Although if you are a criminal, don’t think for an instant that law enforcement can’t get into your device if they really need to - they can and they will if they believe you’re hiding something from them. It just isn’t cheap or easy.

[@kevodowd5282]

They are not allowed to do this in the UK.

[@daz7669]

How that all depends on what you've done for the police to be interacting with yourself otherwise it could constitute a 4th amendment violation. My phone wouldn't unlock with a photograph, it also won't unlock if my eyes are too closed or fully so no good knocking me out. My phone requires a pin after being turned off or after 72hrs on time. If cops want your phone it's called a warrant and there's nothing you can do unless they literally cannot break your phones security 😂

[@TrueNativeScot]

@@kevodowd5282Doesn't mean that they won't do it anyways. The police, especially in the UK, often disobey laws regarding civilian's right

[@AlreadyCode]

Just wanted to update, iphones only unlock if you looking at the phone so if your eyes are not looking at the phone then it wont unlock. So just close your eyes.

[@lb261benza-fu9wt]

Clear, concise, and consistent. Love this channel.

[@HK3rdClass]

yes, unlike other trash Ai-gen video on KZbin

[@typosareeverywhere]

too apple bias imo

[@cursorguy]

@@typosareeverywhereit’s called Apple explained that’s like saying a vet channel has an animal health bias

[@notbadbutnotgood3369]

@@cursorguyLOL.

[@typosareeverywhere]

@@cursorguy yea but it still ruins some of his videos bc of the just loads of bs he can throw

[@Damariobros]

For people who don't know, the Secure Enclave is a separate, specialized chip on the logic board, and is the same place where your passcode information is stored, and where all the device's full-disk encryption keys are stored. It is entirely separate from your iPhone's storage. On most modern iPhones, it is literally impossible to break into it; leaked documentation for government devices to break into iPhones admit as such when listing the devices they support, from a cold boot they can't break into the phone and they can't extract any useful data either. So far there have been no hardware flaws discovered which could provide access to the Secure Enclave in any conceivable way. Even the phone itself does not have read permissions on this chip; rather, it passes information on to the Enclave to process it, and the Enclave returns the results of said processing back to the iPhone. Biometric data is stored on the Secure Enclave as well, as a list of hashes made using the 3D dots map as input. This data cannot be extracted even if Apple wanted to. It was intentionally designed that way.

[@lekalotte2825]

Is it protected by a Data Diode? If not, communication is bidirectional, hence potentially hackable, no matter how small the risk might be.

[@Damariobros]

@@lekalotte2825 Well, let me put it this way - if it isn't protected by a data diode, then Apple did a damn good job securing the software and microcode and stuff, and the Enclave has yet to be hacked, even by nation states. I don't know if there's a diode there, and I don't know if anyone outside of apple ever will know, but what I do know is that so far it's been able to back up its claim of being secure.

[@BozesanVlad]

@@Damariobros Why the need to be hacked when Apple give the user data willingly?

[@Damariobros]

@@BozesanVlad I wasn't talking about user data in general, I was talking about the Secure Enclave which stores biometric, device passcode, device encryption, and certain device authentication key data, which can't be accessed by Apple and has so far proved secure against the full might of nation states. Please read before trying to shoot me down, will ya? And even on user data in general you're missing something, because the user data thing can be solved by turning on Advanced Data Protection, which end-to-end encrypts all of your iCloud data except for iCloud Mail, iCloud Contacts, and iCloud Calendars. Except for those three, Apple doesn't have encryption keys and can't read your data with ADP turned on.

[@Zeta1928_]

trusting government agencies about security from government agency hackers is a stupid idea. "we promise, we can't read your data, just continue using the product we praise". and also aren't govt backdoors legally required for each big enough piece of software, like popular operating systems (windows, mac os, linux (yes, iirc at least some distributions of linux too were forced to install backdoors for government agents)) and how would you make sure apple can't access your data? a pinky promise from them?

[@nyb6195]

I'm wondering if checking it as often as 5 seconds might be the result of "screen distance" warning enabled?

[@pisipisimeow]

yeah probabaly

[@Butterscotch_96]

Young people. Of course.

[@Zomboy4313]

@@nyb6195 I’m guessing it uses the same thing as attention awareness features

[@kylekambourian5603]

Exactly what I was going to say

[@aspol12]

see one more t cry

[@TimeDagar]

Remember, "invisible" means not detectible within the spectrum of light waves precievable by the human eye. it does not mean "non existant". Im not sure im okay with being beamed with infrared light waves every 5 seconds for a convenience feature.

[@keatont.4139]

How are so many users with the feature on not aware of this? Did they think the screen magically lit up when they moved their face closer to the screen?

[@maxito9984]

I thought this was common sense, why do people buy iPhones with Face ID, then still complain about it scanning your face 😂

[@notbadbutnotgood3369]

Literally🤣.

[@JonnyD3ath]

Common sense is not that common

[@BobRoss-uq2wu]

cos they thought itd only be used to log you in

[@seedney]

Becouse there’s no phone that doesn’t but Apple claim to be privacy oriented company 😂

[@DavidKen878]

@d.4513That's not reasonable. That's lack of common sense.

[@FakeReal007]

This video is brought to you courtesy of the NSA and CIA. 😂

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Don't forget Homeland Security, DIA, FBI, BATF, etc. etc.

[@350z-_-]

0:21 definitely taking photos

[@OwenMurrayMotorsport]

And so are android

[@alexrojik]

It also checks for screen distance if you have that setting turned on

[@notbadbutnotgood3369]

Yes!

[@fly2724]

I think this is the only reason

[@richarddickens2438]

This is the only explanation that makes sense, since for all other cases (i.e. dimming, notification previews) it would only need to the the IR scan at the moment of the action, and not every 5 seconds. Whereas if it’s constantly checking for screen distance, it would make sense to check every 5 seconds.

[@secondchance6603]

Sad that people have becomes so dense/lazy they need their phone to think for them.

[@notbadbutnotgood3369]

@@secondchance6603 oof

[@amalbfrancis5247]

Clearly apple is not taking pictures of your face and uploading it somewhere but the question is why does the IR camera keep flashing even when all the features mentioned in video are disabled in the settings, its kinda annoying since all that scanning should be eating into the battery life.

[@FigsForYou]

Clearly apple is uploading your face somewhere. They have a horrendous track record when it comes to privacy

[@aronoc3599]

And just because they're not using it for anything now doesn't mean they won't use it for something later.

[@Abdega]

@@FigsForYou on the one hand, I want to say they are probably making a running average of your face data to only occasionally upload to their cloud system But on the other hand it’s Apple, and if they want to eat away at your data and battery life they’ll do it like how they do just about anything they want so you’re probably completely right

[@voodoodisco]

@@FigsForYou "They have a horrendous track record when it comes to privacy" -- no they don't. provide links.

[@FigsForYou]

@@voodoodisco "TheFappening".

[@devrimsarica]

I believe it is used to create a user's character profile by matching ANY content and face expression or eyeballs so that we can be manipulated better; not just ads. By syncing user's reactions and eye movements to content, they might define what makes you scared, angry, sad, happy and I dont know what more. I have read that the earlier models like SE which does not have a FaceID system are also doing this, so? Arent you surprised that sometimes you get to see things on your phone that you just thought about but never talked or searched about? Just thought. Many people experience this.

[@hillppari]

this tech is soon used on adverts to make sure the user is looking at the advert before you can skip it

[@d1kgaws12]

That is just EVIL. How do they think it will be any more profitable? It sounds unprofitable and just something done to send a message: “We do whatever the f- we want and you don’t do anything because you can’t and you won’t, P0$$Y!”

[@andiback]

It's on by default, you can turn off manually with "settings" -> "FACE ID & CODE". Windows also introduced such thing with latest Windows 11 Update called "Recall" taking a picture of your Desktop every 5 seconds to analyze data, also there you have to deactivate manually.

[@ironspider6851]

this is not even remotely similar to windows 11 recall. iPhone attention awareness checks whether there is a person looking at a phone or not. so, there is *no* photo being taken. the ai algorithm actively checks whether there is a person in front of the phone without taking any pictures. whereas Windows 11 recall takes pics of your desktop and *stores* it for future use. this includes your browsing history as well.

[@FFNUser]

@@ironspider6851it doesn’t store browser history in normal way

[@ironspider6851]

@@FFNUser i mean it takes screenshots of your browser while you use it. so, in a way it stores your browsing history as well.

[@globalwarming08]

There needs to be more videos explaining iPhone. I think I don’t know more than 10% of its cool features.

[@Zomboy4313]

This is why I hate Tik Tok

[@CoderQC]

its not even tiktok

[@Zomboy4313]

@@CoderQC The claim came from it

[@Cargo_Bay]

@@Zomboy4313 if it wasn't tik tok, it would have been instagram. if not instagram, then twitter. If not....

[@meplayspiano-neohoyminanye1383]

@@CoderQC people on TikTok believe everything they say. Like i would scroll, and all these content creators would over dramatize it, to get content and to just mess with people "You'll never believe what ur iphone has been doing for YEARS" "Apple just got CAUGHT" "Watch this video is you have an iPhone" Like bru, dumb mf posting stupid content, and dumber mfs liking it and thinking it's true

[@Kid_Named_Heisenburger]

@@CoderQCHave you not even watched a single second of the video?

[@Qmedjoe]

I've had ads pop up after I've been around something but haven't spoken on that in particular thing. Others I've spoken with have had this happen also. My assumption has been that the camera snaps pics often and differentiates items around you so that they could make ads more focused toward you individually.

[@Lambdatories]

so instead of taking a picture, they take a full 3d scan of your face. Got it

[@JudiChristopher]

TURN IT OFF>.. SAVE YOUR EYES...

[@user-mf9gs]

1:28 So that is why my ringer sets the lowest volume by itself even though I have it on max volume

[@joej6650]

This might help. If you're looking at your phone when it rings the volume automatically lowers itself. If that's not what you're referring to then I'm not sure.

[@user-mf9gs]

@@joej6650It is. I’m still waiting for the day when Apple lets us change the volume of alarms and system sounds separate from the ringer volume. Android has had this forever. I’m not buying an Apple product again, I now realize how behind they are

[@aubyryan]

This video pairs very well with their 1984 Mac advertisement that parodied Orwell’s 1984.

[@Thetruepredictor]

Toggle off doesn't always means off. Someone else can access it still.

[@relexelumna5360]

I use to put black tape to block it. Mark Z use to do this long time ago

[@NotxbossThexbot]

I love how poorly this video was taken because they basically said "oh, that haplens every 5 seconds because we're doing a full scan of your face, for a convenience feature *_and nothing else ofcourse"_*

[@sam-yt]

One time a couple years ago I was reading a book on my iPad Pro (with Face ID) and I was looking away for a couple minutes when I noticed the screen dim, and then after i flipped the page and read for a couple of minutes without touching the screen it stayed on. I assumed it was because I was on low battery mode, I didn’t know it was an actual feature you can toggle!

[@jxmai7687]

I have a imac in almost like a furniture in my room as I am not a mac user, one time i keep it on and run into power saving mode, 2nd day I want into my room, the imac just wake up automotively.

[@sam-yt]

@@jxmai7687 motion detector?? lol

[@jayjay378378]

Just checked this with my inferred camera after turning off Face ID and attention aware, it still flashes your face every 5 seconds no matter what your doing on the phone

[@staspetryshyn]

Indeed, it's not taking a photo every 5 seconds. It just films a video with a low frame rate.

[@Lstar07]

1:29 I know the phone does this (I do it whenever I set a timer), but I didn’t know it was related to the camera watching for your face. 😅

[@BetterYouBetterWorld]

It isn't taking a photo of you "per se". So in other words, it is very likely taking photos of you. The thing is and always has been a huge privacy concern, and it's essentially a peep hole into your private life, and it's a data collection machine that the user pays for, while the companies make money off this data.

[@h0110wkn1ght-y]

2:00 The greatest lie was told that day.

[@factory_enslavement]

Let's be honest, they most likely do use the IR sensor to track other facial features, and how would you know if they stored the data or not, and even if they didn't how would you know that they won't be able to track it if they want to. The saving battery gimmick can be very easily replaced with the already incorporated MEMS systems where the phone has an internal gyroscope and it knows if it is held or not. It would make no sense to hold the phone as if you we're using it if you wouldn't be looking at the screen.

[@alexwalker8422]

They act like excessive alarm volume for somebody facing the phone couldn't easily also be achieved by a "hey the alarm you set for 5:30 for "getting groceries" is about to go off" warning that appears 5 seconds in advance. Oh, and that's if they aren't instead using a gradually increasing volume function for the alarm.

[@mattoucas869]

Yeah, exactly.

[@factory_enslavement]

@@alexwalker8422 I already said that this thing can be achieved through MEMS

[@zeroneutral]

The evil ones mask their methods of control with convenience.

[@charlie1234500]

The J-

[@zeroneutral]

@charlie1234500 Could be.

[@charlie1234500]

@@zeroneutral Could be? Lmao Bro, it is! It's always Them lol

[@zeroneutral]

@charlie1234500 Not always, but I understand.

[@charlie1234500]

@@zeroneutral Gotta simplify a complex problem in order for problems to get solved, at the end of the day. This problem humanity has, has been going on repeatedly for thousands and thousands of years. Thousands of years of repeated human suffering by the direct hands of this particular group of people. They always go after the little ones in the end.

[@eyesontoast1105]

The fact that this surprises some people is the scariest thing about this video. We really need to stop allowing the 1984ification of our daily lives

[@HumanMadeGlobal]

Pulsating infrared light can stimulate brain activity, potentially entraining brain waves and triggering seizures in individuals with photosensitive epilepsy, while also causing discomfort, fatigue, and visual disturbances in others.

[@dillonwagers2975]

Where'd you hear that?

[@camwha5904]

….Except your eyes can’t even see infrared light in the first place

[@HumanMadeGlobal]

@@dillonwagers2975 Thanks for asking! :) Infrared light cannot be detected by the human eye, so your retina doesn't try to minimize the light intake. For example, looking directly into a flashlight can cause discomfort because visible light stimulates the retina, triggering a protective response. However, infrared light doesn't produce the same immediate visual discomfort, even though it can still cause damage. Research on infrared light and eye damage has shown potential risks, especially with prolonged exposure. You can find scientific papers and studies on this topic by searching for "infrared light eye damage" or similar terms. - 👁you just have to dig to uncover the truth.

[@HumanMadeGlobal]

@@camwha5904 and that's the problem ... Infrared light cannot be detected by the human eye, so your retina doesn't try to minimize the light intake. For example, looking directly into a flashlight can cause discomfort because visible light stimulates the retina, triggering a protective response. However, infrared light doesn't produce the same immediate visual discomfort, even though it can still cause damage.

[@HumanMadeGlobal]

@@dillonwagers2975 Research on infrared light and eye damage has shown potential risks, especially with prolonged exposure. You can find scientific papers and studies on this topic by searching for "infrared light eye damage" or similar terms. - you just have to dig to uncover the truth.

[@GoTurbo]

I love how TikTok users of all people are suddenly concerned about everyone’s privacy.

[@Butterscotch_96]

That’s why I don’t use TikTok. I don’t want it banned though. I like letting people make their own decisions. Unless it’s about using Windows. I use Arch btw. (No I don’t)

[@szczuro7684]

@@Butterscotch_96 I use mint btw

[@FitraRahim]

@@Butterscotch_96 They can't hide the narrative in PLS. That's why these ppl hate TIktoks.

[@victoriadedicova]

You can load hacked TikTok btw and limit data use. So anyone with a brain can use TikTok and not have their booty in the wind. I make money off TikTok so I use dedicated devices for it with multiple accounts on each. They are unaware of each other's existence. Not on iPhone. Those things have been toxic for over a decade.

[@DavidKen878]

@@victoriadedicova Do weirdos like you seriously have nothing better to do?

[@mlevif]

Nice try apple. Everything is private, until it gets hacked.

[@DavidKen878]

It's amazing how people buy these high tech devices but make zero attempt to actually learn about them.

[@bradbradson4543]

As if that's true. For most people this isn't easy Apple doesn't make it easy

[@DavidKen878]

@@bradbradson4543 As if what's true?

[@user-ly1ko6be9t]

TikTok users suddenly concerned about their privacy 😂

[@NOTREALCREEK]

they should have been concerned about their privacy as soon as they tapped "accept" on the terms and privacy policy.

[@jdam1979]

I noticed this (android user) when I was driving for Uber and my infrared interior cameras were picking up flashes of lights and these light dots all over the interior of my car. The college kids' phones were scanning all the time. It looked like a rave through the infrared camera. Insane. Don't worry, not even Apple has access to the information it scans. 😅

[@tiakennedy1681]

Hard pass. Disabled it & electrical taped over the area. At this rate I wanna just go back to a corded landline. 😂

[@alexiadasilva1714]

I assumed it was something like that - thanks for clarifying

[@UmUs]

Good optional feature to have turned off until you allow it to be on. The justification isn't good enough for it to always be on until you turn it off

[@Artificial-Influencers]

I hold my phone upside down and point the camera at my naked groin while using it.

[@grahamlive]

Yeah, you want to stop doing that?. I work for the FBI and quite frankly, it's putting me off my lunch. 🤮🤢

[@Artificial-Influencers]

@@grahamliveif you are FBI then you would be able to confirm the package is aesthetically pleasing.

[@raymond_beding_on_earth]

The biggest thief turns out to be the FBI, not TikTok

[@silver_lark]

me who removed the front camera from my iphone physically and in software as well by watching youtube tutorials on my linux pc, and buying a screwdriver for 2 dollars. back camera now has a physical switch as well in the circuit that i put in, and my phone case has a cover for it as well.

[@AchyutChaudhary]

1:07 is that  iOS 18 having 🟢 Green notification alerts on the (Phone App)? 😂 Nice video as always tho!!

[@syrogcope]

shut up bot

[@earthandstar3392]

@@syrogcopehe doesn't seem like a bot, his account is 10 years old. Just some cringe wording probably.

[@seanybreeze315]

@@earthandstar3392how is it cringe? lol he asked a simple ass question about something he observed 🤦🏾‍♂️😳

[@JeffVermillion-pl2qw]

No btw. Ik these other answers are dumb but you have a question and the answer is no, the notifications won’t be green. However you can chance icon colors to whatever you please so the icons can be green if you’d like in iOS 18

[@eddyp483]

Good spot. That actually looks a lot nicer than the garish red one.

[@Matthewwithers33]

Meanwhile some apple employee has to review the pictures and sees a few of me holding my junk then my “O” face 😂😂😂😂

[@vl7658]

Bro we need to stop letting them breach our privacy but no one wants to boycot their phones or accounts

[@unitedhybrid187]

Even if it's a crappy image, it's still a photo.

[@Taylord-i2v]

remember when everyone covered up their laptop cameras?

[@grahamlive]

I still do. Mine has a physical shutter on it, I closed it on day 1 and it has remained that way ever since,

[@Taylord-i2v]

@@grahamlive do you cover up your front and back phone cameras that you carry everywhere too :D

[@GRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFITH]

I remember a long time ago there were sites where you could spy on people through their laptop webcam, so that was probably actually a good choice

[@harescuts2931]

All phones do that. I simply put a small piece of black electrical tape over the camera lens. I've been doing that for years.

[@OddlyFamiliarStranger]

I thought people already knew it was Face ID It’s been almost 8 years since Face ID was released and people still think it’s new information

[@notbadbutnotgood3369]

Some people don’t think about or care about those. They only look at Apple/iPhone as a status symbol.

[@DudeSoWin]

Its not an application you can uninstall or block...

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

@@DudeSoWinmostly because it's a hardware features and because iOS doesn't function like Android so that would be just a normal vanilla iOS features (assuming that modified iOS from OEM exist like with Android skin)

[@fantherailsbc]

The amount of stupidity on social media is astounding.

[@lv1543]

Gen Z and A only know: Therapy buzzwords Gender psuedoscience Social media Clout chasing

[@dubbyplays]

​@@lv1543 you forget skibidi toilet literature

[@lv1543]

@@dubbyplays you caught me lackin. i forgyatt deadass

[@seattlesix]

You are totally ready for the ‘five basic laws of stupidity’ by Carlo Cipolla

[@kristenmichelle3467]

It’s not even people being stupid. It’s people lacking awareness and basic common sense. You can function in society being stupid, but the latter?

[@churchsail]

I noticed this today when I was on my VR, I picked up my phone and saw a flashing light on top of my phone while looking through the VR, so, curiously I looked in to it. Weird.

[@smoguli]

Every five seconds my iPhone takes a photo of my pocket

[@fellowcitizen]

There is no reason to have a camera on a phone -- it is there solely as Big Brother, they've just engineered rationalisations

[@happyyt266]

u good?

[@Swagsoviet06]

uhm to take pictures??? cmon bro

[@fellowcitizen]

@@Swagsoviet06 On the front facing you 24hrs a day? No it is surveillance ffs

[@Swagsoviet06]

@@fellowcitizen uhm just put tape over it and when u need to use it remove it, the camera itself doesnt need to be removed entirely because one paranoid dude ruined selfies for everyone by saying phones dont need cameras

[@fellowcitizen]

@@Swagsoviet06 No, you fail to understand the insidious nature of 1984

[@Gordon_L]

Landline - plug in , listen for dial tone , make call . Modern mobile - purchase , spend 2 weeks on KZbin for tips and tricks and what to turn off and still wonder what a.i. is doing so quietly in the background .

[@Vlican]

it's wild we need videos like this because people are so gullible and stupid to believe everything they see on tiktok

[@killertruth186]

I mean there’s still millions upon millions of impressionable minds on the internet.

[@TheAlchemist_369]

And you believe everything you see on CNN

[@iplyrunescape305]

I mean this is Apple, we should check the source code of iOS to actually see what it does when it shoots out those infrared rays. But we can't, since Apple close sources so much.

[@consciousrosin]

Guess who the ultimate peeping tom is

[@dlasky]

Scanning or talking pics without consent is the worst kind of privacy invasion. I believe Google does the same with their android phones.

[@syd4952]

ok, but is still does it with the feature disabled. And they have been doing this even on phones without face id.

[@Swagsoviet06]

can u prove this in any way?

[@syd4952]

@@Swagsoviet06 You can literally find videos of this happening with the Iphone SE which has no face id support.

[@Swagsoviet06]

@@syd4952 can u show me it im not beung mean its just interesting

[@ZIONZODOK-EL]

@@syd4952I have a 8+ & my phone is always taking pictures in my pocket

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

@@syd4952so what's that known as

[@AngelQueenTK]

Everything has eyes and ears

[@gum307]

That’s why you tape the cameras. Turning these functions off in settings is not safe enough. Your data WILL be stored and sold at some point and you consent to it when accepting cookies or install new apps (most of them)

[@Liliam47]

new Nintendo 3ds have face recognition to enhance the 3d feature, if you play with 3d enabled they constantly check for your face, no one was scared of that back then...

[@Butterscotch_96]

It also could take 3D photos. And the iPhone 15 Pro is only just now getting that? Now the Switch can’t take any photos!

[@bradbradson4543]

Gee I wonder what the difference is between Apple iPhone and Nintendo 3ds

[@shadowchasernql]

@@bradbradson4543 one can't take 3d photos, but one can

[@niclasp]

@@bradbradson4543 Those devices have internet access, so both devices are able to send your data.

[@Crosbie85]

@@bradbradson4543a lot more battery and a lot more mhz… ghz

[@cursorguy]

You can actually see the infrared flasher if you look near the front facing camera in a dark room Edit: all these armchair Einsteins think I’m talking about the wavelength. If you re-read my comment, you’ll see I’m talking about the DEVICE in the phone. Don’t try to act smart if you can’t comprehend basic English

[@syadh1]

mhm

[@svdzcbshf6912]

You…. Can’t see infrared. It’s called that because it’s out of the human color range

[@cursorguy]

@@svdzcbshf6912you can if you’re in a pitch black room and look closely near the front speaker

[@cursorguy]

@@svdzcbshf6912it’s a good thing I said the infrared *flasher* meaning the device, not the wavelength

[@MrTriple3D]

@@cursorguy you literally cannot see infrared

[@chemkouv]

The mark of the beast at the right hand and the forehead is the cell phone• you hold it with your right hand and the front camera is always in line with the point between your eyebrows when you face the screen.

[@tevienotser5924]

I put a piece of tape over the face facing camera. It's a company phone. I don't have a personal phone anymore. F Iphone.

[@teodormarin2143]

I know this because when I put my iPhone on standby mode it checks every second with the Face ID if I’m in front of my phone. If I leave the desk the iPhone screen will turn off but If some human movement happens to be in the Face ID range it will reopen the standby feature automatically

[@ZaneEckols]

If you use an Apple Watch, the screen will turn off when you leave, but light back up when it's detected in range

[@iZ3C0LD7]

@@ZaneEckols just tried it and holy shit this is the first time I know about this (the link between Standby Mode and Apple Watch)

[@nekopop8159]

It uses a very sensitive detection system!

[@reptaial]

idk about yall but the iphone turning its screen on when turned towards you and unlocked flawlessly with face ID everytime is one of my favorite things about owning it

[@DudeSoWin]

All the phones have that feature. But to repeatedly scan and collect is a waste of battery, bad for eye sight, and invasion of privacy.

[@lc500yyc]

I miss sending my squires to deliver a message to the next village 300 km away

[@alexandredias9329]

Another feature, that i use, is to check the proximity of the phone to my face, when it’s too close gives me a alert that I can only close once I’m in a decent distance to it

[@lg6428]

All for your help and convenience OF COURSE!!!! 👁️ Big Brother

[@m.s.f7103]

Low-key pisses me off how people relentlessly enforce the ideas of apple harvesting data and having malicious intent, while completely avoiding actually discussing the factually of it all. I personally even agree, but I won’t vocalize it by going “yeah I doubt that XD!” That will not accomplish anything and just makes you look like a parrot, repeating what you heard elsewhere in the comment section. Discussions of these practices that might lead to more actual, definite rulings of the claims are nowhere to be seen.

[@John-ro2ir]

People have definitely been trained well.

[@rudrashiva]

Smart phone weren't made to help you but instead to help the Government, businesses, insurance companies.....

[@DrBovdin]

Ah… that explains why the alarm didn’t go off loudly this morning. I woke up early and was checking the time on the phone just as it was supposed to start. I only got an option to snooze or cancel the alarm. At first I got nervous that some hardware had failed. Sometimes modern tech is too smart for its own good…

[@kristenmichelle3467]

I’ve noticed this too. I was pleased. I actually thought oh cool it sees I’m up. I didn’t think malfunction, which may be worrisome lol

[@voodoodiecast]

Mine as well. It only gets loud when I’m still sleeping.

[@DrBovdin]

@@kristenmichelle3467 I only noticed this functionality now, half a year after getting the phone. Before this I used an iPhone 8 until the battery gave up more or less totally (maybe two hours of usage until the 20% left warning popped up), so this is my first one with the Face ID and awareness.

[@niclasp]

And thats why I never hear my alarm, because I'll look at my phone in light sleep and then I fall asleep again and the alarm is muted.

[@jonathannoble9465]

2:01 you’re welcome

[@arisaga822]

I have never been happier not to own a smartphone

[@Explorer-um7dm]

The craziest thing is that this whole thing was reported by tik-tokers...😆 Never knew, that they paid THIS MUCH attention to techy stuff.....

[@notbadbutnotgood3369]

Gossiping and fmo.

[@TheAlchemist_369]

TikTok is actually a great source of information…it just a matters of how you consume…I don’t understand why people hate it so much

[@ErwinPPP]

@@TheAlchemist_369LOL. My god you’re so naive 🤣. Do some research and you’ll find out why it is absolute garbage.

[@secureb00t39]

​@@TheAlchemist_369 Chinese spyware

[@Explorer-um7dm]

@@TheAlchemist_369 ....wait....really....😦. I really never knew that, ...cause at most, I've found cooking & ghost hunting channels other than typical bs....sorry....but that's really what I saw.

[@ThePsykool8]

i'd rather die than own an iphone

[@sscbkr48]

no eye contact, don't swing your arms when you walk, show no emotion. You can now move seamlessly about, bc AI thinks you're one them.

[@mrkthmn]

Androids right behind it. Unless you have a de-googled phone you're just as effed.