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iOS 17.5.1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

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gwhizkids said:
Interesting write up on the restored photos controversy

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Apple wasn’t storing deleted iOS photos in iCloud after all

Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple's recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or even years ago was caused by an iOS bug and not an issue with iCloud.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
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Precisely

"...which caused it to reindex old files on the local file system and add them back to people's galleries.
 
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gwhizkids said:
Interesting write up on the restored photos controversy

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Apple wasn’t storing deleted iOS photos in iCloud after all

Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple's recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or even years ago was caused by an iOS bug and not an issue with iCloud.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
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I read that on X and Reddit. Still doesn’t really explain how and where they came from for those who were affected and some or all the “restored” pics were prior to Files, before a “reset as new”, or other devices that were not migrated to the current.

Good analysis though.

Here’s the Reddit one: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/s/5uEzLtE0XE
 
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Anyone else having worse battery life on this version? My 15PM is draining faster than it was on 17.5
 
P_Watt said:
Precisely

"...which caused it to reindex old files on the local file system and add them back to people's galleries.
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Aren’t they supposed to be securely erasing files to begin with when privacy and security had been their biggest selling points in recent years?
 
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jazzzyJeff said:
Aren’t they supposed to be securely erasing files to begin with when privacy and security had been their biggest selling points in recent years?
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Yes, your files are securely erased if you completely erase your iPhone and set it up as new.

A regular file deletion (for example when you delete a picture or a document and then keep using your phone) isn't a secure erase. That's why orphaned files can sometimes show up again. If you need a secure erase of a file *without* completely erasing the phone, you don't have many choices and you likely need special software (or even devices) for that. It's not a typical use case nor a typical model for an end user.
 
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Did you know that this setting enabled is changing your DNS server in safari into Cloudflare when using the private mode?

Settings - Safari - Advanced - Extended tracking and identification protection

If you enable it for both modes (normal & private) your DNS server stays the same in normal, but changes it into Cloudflare in private mode.
 
Blue Hawk said:
Did you know that this setting enabled is changing your DNS server in safari into Cloudflare when using the private mode?

Settings - Safari - Advanced - Extended tracking and identification protection

If you enable it for both modes (normal & private) your DNS server stays the same in normal, but changes it into Cloudflare in private mode.
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Are you sure about that? How did you verify it?
 
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Blue Hawk said:
Did you know that this setting enabled is changing your DNS server in safari into Cloudflare when using the private mode?

Settings - Safari - Advanced - Extended tracking and identification protection

If you enable it for both modes (normal & private) your DNS server stays the same in normal, but changes it into Cloudflare in private mode.
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Mine says Cloudflare in both and I have NextDNS and private relay enabled.
 
15ProMax > Messages

Went to a friends get together last night - daughter graduated high school.
They airdropped me a bunch of photos - cool.
This morning I tried to Message them to a bunch of others, iOS and Android, and ran into an issue: Messages was telling me I had to enable iMessage to send. See below.

Hard reboot didn’t fix it. Right now if I try to Message an HEIC pic, I get this error. iMessage is on - checked to make sure. If I take an on device HEIF it send fine. Just ones that have been air dropped to me.

UPDATE: I uploaded into my Proton Drive, downloaded onto my S24Ultra, and sent them from there.
 

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dk001 said:
15ProMax > Messages

Went to a friends get together last night - daughter graduated high school.
They airdropped me a bunch of photos - cool.
This morning I tried to Message them to a bunch of others, iOS and Android, and ran into an issue: Messages was telling me I had to enable iMessage to send. See below.

Hard reboot didn’t fix it. Right now if I try to Message an HEIC pic, I get this error. iMessage is on - checked to make sure. If I take an on device HEIF it send fine. Just ones that have been air dropped to me.

UPDATE: I uploaded into my Proton Drive, downloaded onto my S24Ultra, and sent them from there.
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I had this happen yesterday on my 15 Pro after rebooting. I attempted to send a couple messages that went green. Toggling iMessage off and on fixed it.
 
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Well I was getting the charging on hold error. Apple wiped my phone and reinstalled 14.5. Error persisted. The day Apple puts a replacement in the mail, 17.5.1 came out. Error gone.
 

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Have Find My turned off on my 15PM (all places), have unlocked/paired all items and it still shows up under battery with a percentage and no minutes. Been that way for the last couple of betas also.

PITA. At least till I figure it out. :(

I repaired my AWU to it.
 
Anyone else having issues with Attention Aware not working? Like alarms not being quieter when you’re looking at the screen
 
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Anyone else having issues with Attention Aware not working? Like alarms not being quieter when you’re looking at the screen
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The press reported that Apple were putting in a fix for silent alarms suspected to be related to Attention Aware. Maybe they did.
 
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