Deleted iPhone photos linger in hidden thumbnail cache, user finds via Claude Code
nikola_mr64990 · x · 2026-10-27
Running a security check with Claude Code during an iPhone backup, a user found PhotoData/Thumbnails holding thousands of files — including photos, banking app screenshots, and videos that had been deleted, some even cleared from Recently Deleted. iOS removes deleted photos from the camera roll but leaves thumbnails in a local cache, a real privacy concern.
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