Developer says Claude Code uncovered 145,000 deleted iPhone photos stored in a hidden cache

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A user reported on social media that Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding tool, located roughly 145,000 photos they had deleted from their iPhone. According to the post, the images were still sitting in a hidden cache on the device rather than being fully removed. The report was shared on Hacker News, where it received 4 points and no comments at the time of listing. The source material is a brief link post, so the exact cause of the retained files and the details of the discovery process are not described in the available text.

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