Yes, iOS Recognizes Photos of Your Bra – But That’s Not All

The iPhone automatically analyzes your photos and sorts them into different categories — some of which are pretty specific. We know that the categorization system can recognize bras, but what else?

For those that missed that reference, here’s a quick refresher. A few days ago, a Twitter user by the name of ellieeewbu posted the tweet found below. A subset of Twitter promptly exploded, with many users trying the search themselves and posting the results. Some users were weirded out, while others were outraged.

But, to be clear, all of the image recognition is done locally on your device, by a machine learning algorithm — not by a person.

So, no. There’s not a human at Cupertino who’s looking through your “brassiere” photos, sorting them, and placing them into folders. Concerned users should be especially relieved that Apple is as committed to user privacy as it is.