Apple released the third beta version of iOS 15.5 to developers on Tuesday evening. While the update doesn't bring any major changes, Apple has made an interesting change to the native Photos app. The system now blocks "sensitive locations" from Memories in the Photos app.
"Memories" is a feature of the Photos app on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that recognizes people, places, and events in your photo collection and automatically creates "curated collections" with a slideshow. Because this feature is entirely powered by machine learning, Apple has now made some changes to prevent unwanted memories from being created.
iOS 15.5: Said places are connected to the Holocaust
As the US blog 9to5Mac reported, the code for iOS 15.5 Beta 3 includes a list of "sensitive locations" so that photos taken there are never added to a review. Interestingly, all of the locations banned in this version are related to the Holocaust. Below is a list of the locations:
- Yad Vashem Memorial
- Dachau concentration camp
- Majdanek concentration camp
- US Holocaust Museum
- Holocaust Memorial Berlin
- Schindler factory
- Belzec concentration camp
- Anne Frank House
- Sobibor concentration camp
- Treblinka concentration camp
- Chelmno-Kulmhof concentration camp
- Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Each location is assigned a latitude, longitude and radius, so the Photos app ignores images taken at those locations when creating new Memories. Of course, Apple can add new locations to this list with future iOS updates. (Photo by hadrian / Bigstockphoto)
