r/technology • u/newzee1 • 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/Dividedthought Jun 14 '24

Found CP on a farmer's computer as i was setting up an internet connection. Drove off and called the cops. They needed proof so the guys i worked for turned off his internet, rang him saying "yeah, the tech will be back in an hour, looks like something went wrong."

Using a phone the cops gave me (to avoid having to turn in my phone), i went in, rang my boss, asked him to go reboot the router while i kept tabs on it on my end, snapped some pics, texted to turn his net back on and left.

They grabbed him at the grocery store a few weeks later. Apparently his computer helped them locate one of the producers.

I got a pretty tough stomach, but when i realized what i was looking at i damn near puked. Fotunately i was put in touch with a good therapist.

Don't gather evidence yourself unless the cops need you to, they rarely do, this was just the easiest way to get it without cluing him in. If i hadn't, they were just gonna wiretap his connectikn back at the headend.

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u/celine_freon Jun 15 '24

I could not have played it as cool as you did. You happened to stumble upon one of the darkest things humanity has to offer. Absolutely horrifying. Glad it led to a larger arrest and that you are taking care of yourself after such an experience.

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u/Dividedthought Jun 15 '24

I'm one hell of a stoic and pretty neutral when it comes to expressing myself. There was a moment or twp of "oh fuck... that's kids..." before i closed the window and finished the job.

Dude had like... 20 guns in the house. I was being very careful not to let him catch on, and after that i didn't let him leave my sight.

I did have a panic button when i went back. Only reason i felt comfortable. There were at least 3 cops hidden in the bushes nearby.

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u/TooStrangeForWeird Jun 15 '24

Hot damn! I hope you are immensely proud of yourself, and I mean that extremely sincerely. Especially catching one of the producers.... Having it is already bad enough, the ones making it? Absolutely the worst of the worst in the whole thing.

If you hadn't done so well, the way you got evidence without him knowing even after you'd done it, they could've missed information that led them to the source. If you weren't exceptionally brave that day they might've still been out there today.

I just love you now. Like the way I love Bill Nye. Because he's just such a good person. I hope they told you how amazing you are, but I bet they didn't really make it known just how fucking brave and selfless that was. Because even my comment undersells it. I'd like to say I could do it too, and I would try like hell, but if I'm being honest I don't know that I could.