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u/CuriousExplorer99 · 29 days ago
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Apple Storing Deleted iMessages?

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u/DataDrifter_01 29 days ago
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Classic Apple. 'Privacy is a human right' until they conveniently forget to *actually* delete your stuff from their servers. Or maybe it's just 'data retention for future AI training' disguised as a bug.
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u/NightOwlDev 29 days ago
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Nah, this isn't about their servers directly. It's usually a sync issue with iCloud backups, or messages re-downloading from an old device backup. Or sometimes just an indexing bug locally. Not necessarily 'Apple storing everything forever' intentionally.
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u/PixelPusher_7 28 days ago
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Still sketchy though.
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u/SilverStreamer 28 days ago
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OMG, this happened to me! Had an old pic pop up from like 2017 that I swear I deleted years ago. Freaked me out. Thought my phone was haunted.
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u/code_monkey_x 28 days ago
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Your phone IS haunted. By your past self's bad choices in photos. 👻
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