According to reports, Richard had quietly hired prostitutes behind his wife’s back in the last years of their marriage. To cover his tracks, he deleted the compromised iMessages from his iPhone. But, Richard ignored Apple’s standard message sync functionality across the entire ecosystem.
While the messages were deleted from his iPhone, they remained visible on the family’s iMac thanks to iCloud syncing. One day, Richard’s wife opened the iMessage app on her iMac and discovered this: a treasure trove of correspondence covering years of infidelity between her husband and various prostitutes.
His legal argument? Apple has not adequately explained to consumers that deleted messages will remain visible on devices synced with the same iCloud account. If the message said: These messages are deleted only on this device “That would be an indicator.” much clearer Richard complained to journalists.
Richard’s lawyers from London law firm Rosenblatt said in a press release: Apple does not give users clear information about what happens to the messages they send and receive, and most importantly, whether they delete them. But iCloud’s syncing capabilities between Apple devices have been clearly documented for over a decade. The idea that a multibillion-dollar company could be held legally responsible for one man’s adulterous behavior is pretty baffling, but we look forward to hearing the outcome of this case.
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