Nov. 1, 2022, 1:44 a.m. | /u/Dark_Binaries

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So every single time I open Preview to view a picture, "mediaanalysisd" makes an encrypted outbound connection as shown in Little Snitch. I know it is a MacOS process, but I find it disturbing and there is next to nothing documenting what it actually does. Currently on MacOS Ventura. Siri suggestions and Look Up have been disabled.

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