Claude Code found 145,000 photos I deleted from my iPhone still sitting in a hidden cache

Claude Code found 145K photos I deleted from my iPhone sitting in a hidden cache

While running a security audit with Claude Code on a MacBook backup of his iPhone, the author discovered a PhotoData/Thumbnails directory holding 145,763 files — photos, videos, and screenshots he had deleted going back to 2021, including a passport photo, bank screenshots, and a crypto seed phrase. iOS keeps compressed copies in a Spotlight index cache that Apple never clears, and 23 apps on his phone had Files and Folders access.