Apple sued after man’s wife discovers his ‘deleted’ messages to prostitutes synced on family computer
A married businessman who contacted prostitutes on iMessage is taking Apple to court over the £5 million he lost in a divorce when his wife found texts he thought he’d deleted.
Richard, not his real name, said he started meeting prostitutes in the later years of his marriage, speaking to them over iMessage.
After agreeing to meet, he would delete the messages, believing they would never resurface.
But when his wife clicked on iMessage on the family iMac, linked to his account, it showed the last message he had sent to another person’s iPhone was to a prostitute.
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When his wife delved into the messages further, she uncovered several years of messages, The Times reported, and filed for divorce.
Richard, from England, is suing Apple for £5 million, claiming the tech giant does not make it clear that iMessages sent to another iPhone user can be seen on other linked Apple devices – even if they have been deleted on the phone.
Apple was approached for comment.