Apple, a company that doesn’t shy away from touting itself as a privacy-conscious tech brand, proved that it was just like everyone else when a critical bug affected iPhone users running iOS 17.5. For those unfamiliar, iPhone users noticed that previously-deleted photos reappeared on their device and in iCloud after installing the iOS 17.5 update. This perplexed users, and potentially indicated a bigger problem with Apple’s cloud storage practices. That’s because some deleted photos dated as far back as 2010.


