I’m loving the sound of this new feature. But it still weirds me out that like every news site does Apples bidding now. Headlines be like: “Update your iPhones now!” Also, one site said the feature toggles on and off based on your geolocation/distance from home. I already know our phones are constantly watching/tracking us, but I can’t help but feel more “features” get packed into each update than what’s advertised. For instance, Apple was enabling client side scanning on devices, but supposedly stopped moving forward after public backlash. Yet, a new feature has appeared on phones to alert you if you receive an “inappropriate” photo. Says it’s a toggle to use, but that means we still got client side scanning added to our devices under a different name.

Did some more research on this. Geolocation doesn’t work if “significant locations” is turned off. Tried it on my phone and sitting in my living room it prompted a delay before disable, as if I wasn’t home. Also, Apple Pay still works with passcode even with this feature enabled (didn’t test this, but found it in the About page). Something to keep in mind since Apple is opening Apple Pay to rival devs…. Maybe a path to make #BTC more mainstream?