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I reverse engineered the Apple Photos library file on my Mac as a side project and can confirm that hidden assets are not actually encrypted or otherwise protected. The respective assets are just not shown in the apps and can be accessed via Finder on macOS.
I didn't know they were visible when you connect your phone to your PC but I guess it makes sense.
No need for reverse engineering - it has already been done: https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos
Thanks for sharing, actually this very project inspired me to do it myself. It is an incredible resource when it comes to certain aspects of the database format!
Imho it has some deeper architectural issues though which I wanted to avoid in my implementation. I'm also using an entirely different tech stack I wanted to train myself in.
My implementation is not as feature complete as osxphotos but I'm sure I will be able to contribute back to the project with the occasional bug fix.
Heeey.... Reverse engineering the software is a clear violation of TOS/EULA
Lol