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by pimlottc 1255 days ago
This could also have something to do with the new feature to detect duplicate photos (added in macOS Ventura) [0]

0: https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/remove-duplicates-pht...

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I’d be interested to see whether this is checking more than hashes.
Hashing can be done locally.

I am increasingly weary of my employer providing me with a device that I need to have on me at all times at home and that is doing all of these outbound connections.