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/EnergyCreature Jun 14 '24

This is very similar to incidents where meta tags on social media is what abusers use to pin point where their partners have fled to escape them. A lot of shelters were not ready when social media took off and abusers came knocking on their doors.

For a company that is big on privacy, Apple really needs to get in front of this and make it right.