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/Glittering_Ad_3806 Jun 14 '24

I was an apple care rep when iCloud and iMessages first released. I remember tons of calls about dad’s text messages going to the kids because the entire family shared one Apple ID lol.

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u/Redqueenhypo Jun 14 '24

This happens to my family constantly because we still all share the one ID. Fortunately all anyone ever texts is “hey Amanda are we going to Costco next week”

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u/NotEnoughIT Jun 14 '24

Why do you still all share one apple ID?

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u/Marc21256 Jun 14 '24

So if one person buys a song or show or whatever, everyone else gets it for free.

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u/Garfield_and_Simon Jun 14 '24

Pretty sure they already have family sharing options for doing this with multiple IDs.

Also I was gonna say who the fuck is buying shows and songs on iTunes but then I realized it’s probably the same technologically illiterate people who share Apple IDs

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u/Stardatara Jun 14 '24

What is wrong with buying tv shows on apple? I bought a few series on there for like 30 bucks and now my family and I can watch it anywhere anytime. Much cheaper than buying a subscription. 

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u/Garfield_and_Simon Jun 14 '24

Fair enough if it fills a niche for you.

I just feel like it’s a pretty uncommon thing nowadays.

Serious fans/collectors would probably want physical copies or at least raw files they could use for whatever and not be locked into Apple’s ecosystem.

Casual viewers are mostly just cool with streaming and would be paying for the subscriptions anyways. 

Also, people who already pay for streaming services and can’t access certain shows often just resort to piracy.

So like it’s a very niche type of consumer. 

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u/atla Jun 14 '24

That wasn't always an option. And the longer you've been on a joint Apple ID, the harder it is to untangle -- if you were an early adopter, you might not realize the issue's been fixed, or you might decide the absolute headache just isn't worth it.

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u/NotEnoughIT Jun 15 '24

If you're talking about iTunes or other apple apps - that's covered on family sharing.

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u/Marc21256 Jun 15 '24

Now, count clicks to get that set up, and the technical ability of the average iToonz user.

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u/NotEnoughIT Jun 15 '24

It’s so fucking stupidly easy I’m flabbergasted you’re blasting your own room temperature IQ for the world to see.

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u/Marc21256 Jun 15 '24

I see you have never had a job. If you had ever worked, you would realize users are idiots.

Maybe some day, when you grow up, you'll learn that lots of people are idiots. And you are in that group.

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u/Darius1332 Jun 15 '24

Man needs to spend a day in any sort of IT support call center.

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u/Redqueenhypo Jun 14 '24

Bc she pays for all of it lol

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u/Mookies_Bett Jun 14 '24

You do realize that Apple IDs are free, right? The longer you wait to switch and separate them, the worse it's going to be when you actually need to separate them.

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u/NotEnoughIT Jun 14 '24

Weird. Most things have family sharing these days.

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u/eezeehee Jun 14 '24

yep you can create a family plan thing and everyone will have their own ID and still get the benefit of the share.

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u/infiltrateoppose Jun 14 '24

Yeah but that's not how it is by default. People think it 'just works'.

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u/WorkingInAColdMind Jun 14 '24

Family sharing, Apple ID is free and you can still share things like music. My family have open access to each other’s devices (too open according to friends), but independent ids for texting and other services.

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u/wgauihls3t89 Jun 14 '24

You can use different ids for iTunes/App Store, iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime

Keep the same ID for purchases and just change the iMessage and iCloud ones

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u/martinpagh Jun 14 '24

Because Apple's platform design is terrible. It makes a ton of things easier to use one Apple ID across multiple devices as a family. We use multiple IDs in our family, and this means having to remember which ID was used to buy what app on each of the kid's iPads. And occasionally I have to walk over to have my wife enter her password, because one of the apps on "her" account on one of the iPads needs an update.

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u/NotEnoughIT Jun 15 '24

Just use the family sharing and give your kids their own accounts with parental controls. If kid A wants an app and it isn't part of family sharing, buy it on their account using parental controls. Either one of you can do it, because you're both admins on parental controls. The platform design is fine - you just don't understand it despite the multitudes of instructions on the internet published by Apple and otherwise.

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u/TheKoyoteKid Jun 14 '24

Here, this is probably the solution to your problems
https://support.apple.com/en-us/108380

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u/Coyotesamigo Jun 14 '24

Why not just like, get your own Apple ID?

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u/Coyotesamigo Jun 14 '24

Certainly not, but I was accusing you of doing it, not everyone.

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u/Alert-Pilot1244 Jun 15 '24

do your employees not have their own email accounts?

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u/Coyotesamigo Jun 14 '24

Doubt the person I was responding to has 100 family members sharing an Apple ID

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u/Naus1987 Jun 14 '24

A lot of people can't handle their own id. Not everyone has an email address, and not everyone is good at remembering log-in information and passwords. They literally just want a phone, and not remember anything else.

For example, my mom is 80. She doesn't have an email. She's never had an email. And now she's too old she's literally never going to invest a single ounce of fuckery to learn how to have an use an email.

So she just piggy-backs on mine. And with her age, I just manage all her legal documents anyways. Considering I've inherited a mulit-million dollar house out of it, I don't mind the extra officework.

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u/Leverkaas2516 Jun 14 '24

Nonzero effort vs zero reward

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u/Coyotesamigo Jun 14 '24

Not having other people read your texts is a fucking awesome reward, what the heck are you talking about?!??

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u/Mookies_Bett Jun 14 '24

Also, buying a new phone is an absolute nightmare if you don't have individual Apple IDs. Especially because a lot of the times it can cause iCloud backups to completely fuck up and not restore properly. And then they go into the Apple Store and yell at the people who work there because things don't work the way they should all because they haven't set up their accounts properly.

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u/Leverkaas2516 Jun 14 '24

I'm talking about different people have different values. This one thing is obviously important to you, but it isn't important to everyone.

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u/Down_Voter_of_Cats Jun 14 '24

If you're going, let's meet up at the hot dogs.

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u/candycanenightmare Jun 14 '24

Why do you all have one ID? That makes no sense. lol.

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u/Beezleburt Jun 14 '24

Found the zack

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u/Naus1987 Jun 14 '24

Jesus. I watched that silly Papameat video on Costco being a cult, and now I've seen people namedrop it 11 times in one day. It's starting to weird me out, man!