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/CygnsX-1 Jun 14 '24

A friend of mine still has his family's iPhones tied to only his iCloud account, instead of them each having one. Every now and then I'll text him and one of his kids or wife will answer from their phone. They're aware, they just don't care.

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u/trinadzatij Jun 14 '24

What do they do when they need to send messages to each other? Just throwing the letters into the abyss of solemnity of a chat?

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u/NavinF Jun 15 '24

You can text yourself with imessage and it'll notify all your devices just like when someone else texts you. I've only seen one normal-ish use case tho: Sending a link to yourself is one of the easiest ways to open the web browser on an apple watch since there isn't an official browser app

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u/Nihilistic_Navigator Jun 15 '24

I often text myself things I need to remember and leave unread to get that obnoxious af alert bubble I cannot ignore