iCloud per Windowsthe app of Apple to sync your iPhone gallery to PC, it would be having problems: several users report corrupted videos and even photos of strangers in your gallery of photographs. A problem that could also become a risk for security.
iCloud for Windows, the app app shows strangers photos and corrupted videos
At the moment there are no official sources about it: Apple has not responded. But on the MacRumors forum some users are complaining about pretty serious problems with the iCloud app for Windows. What is it for connect your iPhone with your Windows PC via the cloud.
In fact it seems that some users have had problems with iPhone 13 Pro e iPhone 14 Pro. Some videos recorded and viewable on iPhone only show a white screen on the computer. And even worse: some users complain that they have seen strange photos and videos that don’t belong to them when they watched these corrupted videos.
One user writes that “iCloud for Windows is corrupting videos recorded by an iPhone 14 Pro Max, resulting in black videos with static lines. On rare occasions, he inserts stills of video from an unknown source, possibly from someone else’s iCloud account. I’ve seen pictures of other people’s families that I’ve never seen in vita mia, football matches and other random photos. Of course, this is extremely concerning and makes me unsure about using iCloud.”
These are just some user reports, so it’s difficult to understand if the images are actually from another account. But seen the potential risk to the privacy of individuals and their familieswe have decided to report the matter even without official confirmation from Apple.
It seems that deleting and reinstalling the app doesn’t fix the issue, so it could be a server problem. In any case, several users have reported the matter to Cupertino. That will have to check what’s going on, if it depends on the Apple servers or on some settings of the Windows PCs (HDR, HEVC, particular codecs).
We will keep you informed of developments in the matter.