Comment by talkingtab

Apple can do this because there are absolutely no significant consequences. In the classical legal world your only recourse to this invasion of your privacy along with falsified advertising is a "class action suit". It is clear from past class actions suits that (remember the batter thing) this does not prevent Apple from doing the same thing again.

The problem is the granularity. How do millions of people recover damages when a corporation knowingly (knows or should know) it is acting to enrich itself in a significant manner in small amounts. Let us suppose that an abstraction of the damage from this offense can be quantified at $1 per customer. A significant question is whether this action has any possible benefit to Apple. If it does not then once notified of this action, Apple would immediately (as in the next update of IOS or Sequoia) remedy this feature.

So step #1 is someone to send an official letter, perhaps with just a link to this article. Or perhaps someone from Apple is reading these comments and can inform us whether they are aware.

Next state is that Apple is aware of this problem (knows or should know) and ignores it. So are you helpless? Or could you file a claim in small claims court seeking to recover $1 for each photo that Apple has unloaded, requesting that Apple delete all photos as well as all data derived from the photos, plus filing fee.

Next state. You comment on this post as to how to improve the process and make it faster and easier. [And if you oppose this idea, could you please explain your position in a way that helps others understand?]