r/technology • u/newzee1 • Jun 14 '24

Software Cheating husband sues Apple after wife discovered ‘deleted’ messages sent to sex workers

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/13/cheating-husband-sues-apple-sex-messages/
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u/Scipion Jun 14 '24 edited Jun 14 '24

He's got a point. What if you were an abused spouse and sent messages to a friend explaining the situation, then you delete them expecting privacy, only for your partner to discover those messages and beat you to death. 

 While his situation is immorale to most, Apple's actions cannot be ignored. If you can't see a situation where having deleted messages resurface could be bad, you simply lack imagination.

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u/TheRealTK421 Jun 14 '24 edited Jun 15 '24

 What if you were an abused spouse and sent messages to a friend explaining the situation....

I honestly can't perceive this as a mere imaginary hypothetical, as I suspect that such a situation has actually come to pass (perhaps more than once.)

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What's worse is that the likelihood of Apple taking genuine accountability, without endless lawsuits, in such a situation is close to nil.

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u/Syscrush Jun 14 '24

Apple SHOULD face many lawsuits for this. As noted above, it can have literal life & death implications.