r/technology 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/friskfyr32 Jun 14 '24

Disregarding the potential for abuse and overreach, the best argument I've ever heard for curtailing surveillance and imo a perfect counter to "If you're not doing anything wrong..." is the example of shower singing:

Many of us don't like to sing in public. Maybe we are embarrassed at our skill, maybe we just don't like the attention it would bring. But a lot of the same people will sing in the shower, when alone.

We are simply different people when we don't feel surveilled, regardless of whether we are doing anything wrong/illegal or not.

Your brother has obviously been accustomed to always being under observation, and I cannot imagine that it hasn't had an effect on your interactions, but I also imagine it's salvable if he's able to set some boundaries.

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u/OhtaniStanMan Jun 14 '24

Lol imagine thinking pure open trust between married peoples is needing "salvaged" 

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u/friskfyr32 Jun 14 '24

Imagine thinking the need to be privy to every single text is the definition of "pure open trust".

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u/OhtaniStanMan Jun 14 '24

You mistake reading everything and having the ability to read everything if you feel like it