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How to use facial recognition from your Photos library with Apple HomeKit Secure Video

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<p>Apple prefers that your private data stay on your devices. That philosophy has prevented and delayed a number of product features that some of Apple's competitors have rolled out earlier, but the tradeoff is often worth it. A few months ago, Apple enhanced its HomeKit Secure Video integration with iOS/iPadOS 14’s Home app to let you tie in your Photos library’s People app, while giving nothing away to Apple—or providing a hole for others to snoop.</p><p>That’s a lot of terms to unpack, however! <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210538" rel="nofollow">HomeKit Secure Video[/url] is Apple’s iCloud-based home security camera storage and monitoring system. Apple doesn’t sell cameras, but this system works <a href="https://www.apple.com/ios/home/accessories/#section-camera" rel="nofollow">with about 10 cameras across several manufacturers[/url]. (I switched my existing Logitech Circle from Logitech’s system to Apple a few months ago.) It requires a 200GB or 2TB iCloud storage subscription and a device that works as a HomeKit hub: an iPad (always connected), an Apple TV, or a HomePod.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3602210/how-to-use-facial-recognition-from-your-photos-library-with-apple-homekit-secure-video.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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