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Man sues Apple for accidentally exposing his infidelity (appleinsider.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A British man is ridiculously attempting to sue Apple following a divorce, caused by his wife finding messages to a prostitute he deleted from his iPhone that were still accessible on an iMac.

In the last years of his marriage, a man referred to as "Richard" started to use the services of prostitutes, without his wife's knowledge. To try and keep the communications secret, he used iMessages on his iPhone, but then deleted the messages.

Despite being careful on his iPhone to cover his tracks, he didn't count on Apple's ecosystem automatically synchronizing his messaging history with the family iMac. Apparently, he wasn't careful enough to use Family Sharing for iCloud, or discrete user accounts on the Mac.

The Times reports the wife saw the message when she opened iMessage on the iMac. She also saw years of messages to prostitutes, revealing a long period of infidelity by her husband.

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

As many have recently discovered, if infidelity occurs, it's the phone makers fault.

https://lemdro.id/post/9738136

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-apple-ios18-feature-meant-banking-privacy-makes-it-easier-cheaters-hide-dating-apps-1724954

Unveiled at the recent WWDC, iOS 18 includes a much-discussed "hide and lock apps" feature that some worry could be misused for privacy concerns related to infidelity.

Critics have dubbed the new feature "a cheater's paradise" due to its ability to hide or lock apps on the iPhone home screen, potentially concealing private hobbies and information.

While Apple's promotion highlights the feature's ability to safeguard banking apps and prevent unauthorized purchases on Amazon, many users perceive it as facilitating infidelity. The new feature ignited a firestorm on social media, with divided opinions.

"Thanks Apple. I will be trying to hide online dating app from my wife," one X user shared. "With lock app and hide app, I can finally do it." Other users joked that the feature "is going to break up relationships."

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Anyone who is worried about this feature is in a toxic relationship. And that's not the phone's fault.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was being sarcastic. I guess I was wrong about how obvious it was.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago

No. I 100% understood the sarcasm. Did that sound like a rebuttal or argument? It wasn't intended that way.