It would be the first ever telecom honeypot. Even if it was a honeypot, nothing sufficient can be collected and it would not make sense to waste so much resources on an entire telecom company for no info. Just does not make sense
Don’t be paranoid whenever you stumble upon a privacy company because If everybody doesn’t trust a decent privacy focused company like you, the company will fall. You can’t just assume something is a honeypot because of small details.
What’s wrong with the default iOS photos app? Even with iCloud you can still have your photos encrypted.