🚨BRAKING NEWS: Your “deleted” photos may not be gone.
I connected my iPhone to my MacBook for a backup while Claude Code ran a security check. It flagged something I wasn’t expecting: a folder called PhotoData/Thumbnails.
Inside were thousands of files: photos, videos, screenshots. Many of them were things I had deleted. Pictures from years ago. Screenshots I deleted seconds after taking them. Items I had wiped from Recently Deleted. Some of it was still there.
What I found:
-old screenshots of banking apps
-photos I deleted right after taking them
-random pictures I no longer wanted on my phone
-a few things I clearly remember deleting more than once
Here’s what’s going on. When you delete a photo, iOS removes it from your camera roll and from Recently Deleted. But it keeps a compressed copy in the Spotlight search cache, so your phone can still find things when you search. That cache isn’t fully cleared.
I also checked which apps have Files and Folders access. There were more than I expected, including old apps I’d forgotten about. Any of them could potentially read files from that cache. I revoked access for most of them.
The prompt I used is in the post below, and the video shows the scan in action. It’s quick if you already have a backup.
How many apps on your phone have Files access right now?
@vylrex The ones who last longest are those selling shovels during the gold rush. While you’re doing Fiverr gigs with Claude, someone else is investing in Anthropic stock. And AI arbitrage is a bubble that’ll pop the moment clients learn to write prompts themselves
Four ways to make money—which one is working for you?
The article breaks income down into four mechanisms: labor, capital, arbitrage, and taking on risk for others.
It offers a fresh lens for looking at salaries, investing, and business.
@_Aquarelle Wait, are these actual full-resolution files or just thumbnails? The text says both. If full-res images are hiding in that folder, it's a massive iOS security flaw.
@0xkurt This is what makes agent-based modeling so powerful. The ability to inspect the trace and see why a particle stopped turns a 'black box' AI output into an actual scientific instrument.
@Richix01@elvar_official This is the future of CAD. Kimi 3.1 Pro is seriously impressive. Turning a single prompt into a functional-looking 5-cylinder engine is wild.
Kimi K3.1 Pro is impressive at 3D modeling.
I asked Kimi K3.1 to create a 3D website that breaks down a robotic hand into 2,317 pieces. It did a great job.
Sometimes, you can just build the thing.
Project link: https://t.co/pZOf4ucmBG
@kirisando "Claude offers beers paid with the tokens he burned, then his limit runs out before he can pay." — The most realistic AI simulation I've seen this week. 😂 Great punchline and insane execution
@f0rgent The Claude vs. Grok banter is hilarious. They’re both busy flexing their deep-dive capabilities and completely miss the glaringly obvious line. Classic over-engineering. AI is great, but human common sense still wins the day.
@stewy0x This workflow is gold. I'd also add a changelog.md to track the evolution of decisions. AI might forget, but the filesystem doesn't. "Correcting work that should never have started" is a pain we all know too well.