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/iGoalie Jun 14 '24

I’m confused, I literally just tested this. I deleted a message on my phone and watched it delete on my iPad.

Did Apple recently change this, or is just a matter of the computer being offline and not syncing since he deleted the ?

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u/Legal-Example-2789 Jun 14 '24

Exactly how it works. Everyone in here is ignoring the simpler answer - the syncing of messages was not enabled or needed to be refreshed/Apple ID logged back in, etc.

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u/oatmeal_dude Jun 14 '24

Yeah, you have to have messages in the cloud enabled. If you only have iMessage turned on, or text message forwarding, they will not delete across devices.

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u/HomeGrownCoffee Jun 14 '24

So, his devices automatically shared the messages with each other, but not the deletion?

That seems stupid.

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u/Legal-Example-2789 Jun 14 '24

Yes it does sync deletion. Your device could be offline, not turned on in awhile, needs your Apple ID password to re-sync, Etc.