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Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro’s new Reference Image camera mode works - 9to5Mac

Publisher description: A new post on Apple’s Security Research blog details the fascinating tech, architecture, and thinking behind the iPhone 18 Pro’s new Reference Image camera mode.

NewsAPI | Sep 16, 2026 | Marcus Mendes

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Here are the details In a blog post titled “Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography,” Apple goes in-depth into how its new photographic authenticity system works. The post confirms that the company’s motivation to build Apple Reference Image was the ever-lowering barrier to creating or adjusting images synthetically. For this reason, Apple developed a fascinatingly creative chain-of-verification system that is private, secure, and, to the company’s knowledge, “the only image provenance system that provides quantum-secure defenses.

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