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Hidden Photos available via USB
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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2024
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Hidden is not encrypted and when you trust the computer you’re connecting to you have access to the phone’s file system.
Not a bug, a design choice to allow accessing your device photos on an attached computer.
I know hidden is not encrypted, but the level things can be hidden can vary too. You can have parts of the filesystem that are not shown to the USB driver without additional authentication pretty easily.
Right. I used to have a program on my computer that completely removed files from the index. There was no reference to their location or existence except for within that program. Even safe mode wouldn't reveal them. That's the right way to go about it.
Personally I like the way that this is implemented; makes it easy to download hidden media files onto my Mac. Anyways, if you’re worried about nudes/pr0n being seen by unauthorized parties, I wouldn’t recommend stashing them in your photos library anyways. There are vault-type apps in the App Store that masquerade as note/calculator apps (Calculator# comes to mind) which are more suited to addressing OP’s use case.