Every photo you take on your phone might already be tagged by AI and listed on Xianyu, without you knowing.

Clicking on a private message, the other person questions: "This is a museum's national treasure, you’re selling it for 6,000 yuan?"
Ms. Gu from Jiangsu was stunned. The photo she took of a silver pitcher at the Shaanxi History Museum was automatically turned into a product link by Xianyu, and AI even thoughtfully added the caption "Natural patina overall, suitable for collection or display."
She never uploaded this photo.
Similar stories are rapidly emerging:
- Someone’s spicy crab dish from last year was listed with a price tag
- Someone’s pet dog was sold as a "plush toy" for 100 yuan
- Someone’s leftover half cucumber appeared in a for-sale list
- Someone who hadn’t used Xianyu in three years logged in and found their homepage selling photos of health supplements taken three years ago
The core issue is never "AI recognition is inaccurate." The real issue is: why does an app you only open when shopping scan your entire photo album?
Xianyu responded: "This is a feature of Xianyu Space, where AI recognizes images as products." Then they said something arguably the most surreal public relations line of the year — "If you don’t need it, you can delete it yourself."
It’s like: I secretly took something from your home, put it on the street for sale, and when you find out, I tell you "If you don’t like it, take it back." Then I add, "Next time, I’ll knock on your door first."
Legally, this is overstepping boundaries. The Personal Information Protection Law clearly states: lawful, legitimate, necessary, informed consent. How many of these does Xianyu violate?
This isn’t a bug; it’s a platform with 200 million monthly active users defaulting to treating everyone as a warehouse.