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Man sues Apple for accidentally exposing his infidelity (appleinsider.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A British man is ridiculously attempting to sue Apple following a divorce, caused by his wife finding messages to a prostitute he deleted from his iPhone that were still accessible on an iMac.

In the last years of his marriage, a man referred to as "Richard" started to use the services of prostitutes, without his wife's knowledge. To try and keep the communications secret, he used iMessages on his iPhone, but then deleted the messages.

Despite being careful on his iPhone to cover his tracks, he didn't count on Apple's ecosystem automatically synchronizing his messaging history with the family iMac. Apparently, he wasn't careful enough to use Family Sharing for iCloud, or discrete user accounts on the Mac.

The Times reports the wife saw the message when she opened iMessage on the iMac. She also saw years of messages to prostitutes, revealing a long period of infidelity by her husband.

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[–] [email protected] 148 points 5 months ago (24 children)

I knew a guy when I served in the US military who got caught cheating in a semi-related way. He got assigned to a base in a new state and his wife refused to relocate their whole family for the few years he'd be assigned there, so he went by himself, leaving his wife and kids in his home state.

Turns out, he was sexting one of his younger subordinates at work. One of his daughters found out when she tried to use an old tablet and found out his account was still synced to it. She saw all his texts updating in real time.

He was ultra-conservative and didn't believe in divorce, so he was doing everything he could to save his marriage. His wife forced him to install security cameras in every room of his apartment and banned him from going anywhere after work. She knew his schedule and expected him home immediately after work ended. He was basically on house arrest until his job was done and he could move home.

The last I heard, he told his wife the landlord needed to paint the walls, so he removed all the cameras, dunked them in the bathtub, then played dumb when none of them would work when he set them back up again. He was seen inviting young women over to his apartment after that. So, you know... he didn't learn his lesson.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 5 months ago (1 children)

His wife forced him to install security cameras in every room of his apartment and banned him from going anywhere after work. She knew his schedule and expected him home immediately after work ended.

This is so toxic. Not saying cheaters get what they deserve but if you can't trust your husband, I think you have bigger problems than infidelity.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That's conservatism for ya, can't divorce and just be happier people for it because sky daddy might be mad

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's probably mostly due to not wanting to pay spousal support and control issues.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Opposite if they're military. She gets benefits for being his wife. His income drops if divorced.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

There are two people using resources. Should've broadened my set, let me revise that now: greed and control issues. Thanks for the catch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

but can cheat no problemo!

i will never fully understand religious zealots.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's religiousness, not conservatism.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh yea, they latch onto each other so much I forget that they're actually separate things

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago

Except education. Conservation of knowlrdge across generations doesn't seem to like religions very much.

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