Re: Man plans to sue Apple after ‘deleted’ messages reveal he cheated. (was: Man plans to sue Apple after ‘deleted’ messages reveal he cheated.)

On 2024-06-14 22:42:48 +0000, Tyrone said:

On Jun 14, 2024 at 5:52:27 PM EDT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-06-14, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

A man is preparing to sue Apple for more than £5 million after
‘deleted messages’ he sent to sex workers were discovered by his wife.
 The unfaithful husband claims that Apple’s lack of transparency over
deleted messages has led to his wife filing for divorce.
 Richard, not his real name, is reportedly a middle aged man from
England, and revealed to The Times that he had turned to sex workers
in the final years of his marriage. He would contact them via the
iMessages app on his iPhone before deleting the incriminating texts.
 However, when his wife went on the family iMac, the messages, going
back several years, popped up despite him believing he had deleted
them.
 She filed for divorce within a month.
 He told The Times: ‘If you are told a message is deleted, you are
entitled to believe it’s deleted.

 The guy didn't have Messages in iCloud enabled, so when he deleted them
from one device they remained on the other devices signed into the same
iCloud account. Expecting them to be deleted from his other devices
despite not having Messages in iCloud enabled is irrational. His
"problem" is the result of user error. So, like so many others, this
frivolous lawsuit will go nowhere. 😉

 The whole idea that "Apple caused my divorce" is absurd.  Agreed, this case
will go nowhere.

There's a similar stupidity here in New Zealand. There are lots of people complaining that the banks do not do enough to "protect" people from scams because a few morons have lost lots of their money by transferring it to scammers.
It's not up to the banks to police what you do with your own money! What happened to taking responsibility for your own actions?? Using some common sense?? These complaining fools want a nanny state to protect them from everything, and then they'll complain about being "spied" on and about needing to pay increased fees.
What next? Do they expect the bank to tell them what fast food meals they can and cannot buy to eat?? What shirts they can and cannot buy?? And then expect a bank refund when what they don't like whatever they chose themselves to purchase??
The human race is becoming more and more stupid.  :-\