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

submitted 6 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 148 points 6 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.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I just can't understand why it's up to the husband to say no divorce while he cheats? Like what position of power does he have?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Lots of places do not allow no-fault divorce and the Republicans are planning to make it universal if they win the elections.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

But wouldn't the husband be at fault here either way by conservative standards? It's infidelity.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

He had military benefits to spouses that she would be walking away from. Healthcare, dental, affordable subsidized housing, or housing allowance, less expensive child care, all kinds of things. Being the spouse of a military member is hard, but there's perks, especially if you have children.

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