Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro adds hardware-backed photo authentication with Reference Image
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Apple is introducing Reference Image, a hardware-backed feature on the iPhone 18 Pro lineup that signs every captured pixel with a new camera sensor to produce an unalterable reference image viewable in Photos; developers will get a Reference Image API to inspect signed photos in third‑party apps, and the EU won’t receive it at launch but will gain development/viewing capabilities in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27.
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