"Swipe Cleaner: A Technical Deep Dive into On-Device Photo Privacy"

<blockquote> <p>Disclosure: I work on Opennomos, the ecosystem behind Swipe Cleaner.</p> </blockquote> <p>Last week, I watched someone install a photo cleaner app, grant it full

<blockquote> <p>Disclosure: I work on Opennomos.</p> </blockquote> <p>I've tried a lot of photo cleaning apps. Most of them share the same problems: bloated install sizes,

<p>Your phone camera roll is a data problem dressed as a UX problem. The average iPhone user has over 5,000 photos. Most of them are never looked at again. Screenshots. Burst

<p>iCloud shared albums take 26+ seconds to load on my 300 Mbps fiber connection. I timed it. Apple, a trillion-dollar company, built something that is embarrassing to show

<p>A private-file app can look convincing before it has explained the one thing that matters most: what happens to a file after import.</p> <p>A passcode, pattern, or biometric

<p>Old Android phones pile up in drawers. Instead of letting one die there, you can point it at a doorway, a driveway, or a pet's favorite corner and let it record. Here is a

<p>Building a consumer AI app right now is wild. Building one that relies on biometric data? That adds a massive layer of complexity, especially when you want to ensure total user