Claude Code found 14,219 front-camera frames in Android's Face Unlock

Claude Code reportedly found 14,219 front-camera frames of the author's face stored on their Android phone, none of which they took or saw in their Gallery. The author says the files sat in a system cache at /data/system/users/0/faceunlock/cache and a folder inside Google Play Services, with timestamps and GPS data, mostly dating from the last 15 months. The author also reports that a new file appeared while they were still reviewing the folder. Google and phone makers say Face Unlock converts images into a mathematical model and deletes the image immediately, but the author states the raw frames were present, and some writing processes were system diagnostics and older apps with camera permission.