Apple are assholes

[Doctor Phibes]

Sorry, Horace

Widower's battle for wedding photos on wife's phone

A man whose wife died suddenly is unable to recover precious photos of their wedding from her phone in time for her funeral.

Martyn Hall cannot access the iPhone that belonged to his wife, Lynn, because he does not know the passcode.

Apple’s privacy rules mean the contents would be wiped if the code was reset.

Apple says it considers privacy a fundamental human right.

[Horace]

Principles are not always easy.

[kluurs]

As rough as that is, there might have been things she wished to keep secret - and that remains her right. Heaven only knows you might not want your children to know your search history.

[Klaus]

Are the photos and other data encryped? Otherwise, I guess one could read out the contents of the memory chip. I assume there are companies who do that for you?

[taiwan_girl]

Not sure why this is Apples fault?

I am pretty good about downloading photos from my phone to my computer. And regular back up my phone.

[Horace]

@Klaus said in Apple are assholes:

Are the photos and other data encryped? Otherwise, I guess one could read out the contents of the memory chip. I assume there are companies who do that for you?

If she had attended the January 6 party at the Capitol, I am sure her photos would be made available to certain interested parties.

[Klaus]

OK, Apple seems to store everything encrypted, so just reading out the memory chip won't work so easily.

[Copper]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Apple are assholes:

Apple says it considers privacy a fundamental human right.

They consider making money a fundamental human right.

This guy hasn't offered enough yet.

[Doctor Phibes]

Do dead bodies have human rights?

[Mik]

Try cutting one up and find out. Some acquaintances of mine did.

[89th]

This reminds me... (seriously), I keep meaning to write down (and lock away!) all of our accounts, passwords, and other financial/legal details for my wife in the event that bus that hits everyone heads my way.

[Horace]

@89th said in Apple are assholes:

This reminds me... (seriously), I keep meaning to write down (and lock away!) all of our accounts, passwords, and other financial/legal details for my wife in the event that bus that hits everyone heads my way.

PM me your details and I'll take care of it.

[bachophile]

I presume that includes your TNCR login info

[jon-nyc]

Mayla has my phone password. Of course I did some cleansing first.

[George K]

Mrs. George has the password to my "primary" phone...

Just sayin'.