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Researcher claims Claude Desktop installs “spyware” on macOS (www.malwarebytes.com)

submitted 6 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

mediaanalysisd isn’t mysterious. It’s a ML process that evaluates your photos and videos and generates description metadata to make them text-searchable. It’s what allows you to search your photos for “flowers” and see all the photos with flowers in them.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Sorry! I entirely missed that!

But yes, it’s an inefficient and buggy process. I think it’s also what makes text selectable in images, which is why it is always running. Since we’re living through a RAM apocalypse you would think that Apple would find ways of making always-on processes more efficient.