Claude Code found every photo i "permanently deleted" from my iPhone. almost 4 years of photos and videos sitting in a hidden cache on my device. any app with file access can read them. plugged my iPhone into my MacBook for a backup. had Claude Code running a security scan from my last post. it flagged something i never asked it to check. a directory called PhotoData/Thumbnails with over 152,000 files. photos, videos, screenshots. all stuff i deleted. 2022. 2023. 2024. 2025. photos i deleted within a second of taking them. photos i went into Recently Deleted and cleared manually. photos i deleted twice because i didn't trust the first time. all still there. what was sitting in that cache: a passport photo for a visa application in 2023 bank app screenshots with full account numbers visible private photos i sent someone and deleted the same night after a breakup a crypto seed phrase screenshot i took "for a minute" in 2022 my ID and credit card side by side, deleted 10 seconds later