With the advent of technology, keeping secrets is getting harder. Many couples share locations, conversations get screenshotted, and public cameras sometimes capture every move you make throughout the day.
According to one man, sending a photo from your iPhone can expose you if you’re trying to keep a secret.
In a video that has garnered over 46,400 views, TikTok creator @mtucci17 shares a story about how one of his friends got caught after trying to cover his tracks.
Man Tries To Cover His Tracks With Photos
“If you have an iPhone and you send pictures to people, you should know about this,” he says.
He explains that his friend had plans to go out one night, but knew it wouldn’t go over well at home.
“My buddy was supposed to go to this club with a few of his friends,” he says. “This club was a club where there’s women, there’s poles, and there’s alcohol.”
He adds that his friend wasn’t supposed to be there.
“His wife is not for that,” he says. “So he knows this.”
Instead, his friend told his wife he was going somewhere else.
“He told her he was going to a steakhouse,” he says.
To make it believable, he says the friend prepared ahead of time.
“The night before, he went to that particular steakhouse, took a picture of the menu, ordered some food, took a picture of the food, and saved it in his phone,” he says.
The next night, he went to the club and tried to stick to the plan.
“His wife texts him to see how dinner’s going,” he says. “And he sent her a picture of the menu and then later, the food that he ordered.”
But there was one detail he didn’t think about.
“If you send somebody a picture through text and they save that picture to their camera roll, they can see the exact date and time that picture was taken,” he says.
According to him, that’s exactly what happened.
“His wife did, and seen that the picture was taken from the night before, not that night,” he says. “So right then and there, she knew he was up to something.”
Commenters Were Familiar
In the comments section, viewers were familiar with this iPhone quirk.
“Yes! You have to adjust that sh-t in edit, you can make it any time or date you want,” one said.
“Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera and select ‘Never’,” another added.
“This makes me sad. Can’t even trust the person you should trust the most,” a third wrote.
Is This True?
Yes, it is. According to Apple, if you send someone a photo through iMessage and they save it, they can see a lot more than just the picture.
That includes things like when the photo was taken, what device it was taken on, and even technical details from the camera itself.
If location services are on, it can also show exactly where the photo was taken, sometimes with a map attached.
There can be other details too, like any caption attached to the photo, what the system recognizes in the image, and even who the photo has been shared with.
@mtucci17 Be careful if you send pictures to people with an iPhone!!!!!#iphone #caught #fypシ ♬ original sound – ThaStoryTella
The Mary Sue has reached out to Apple via email and @mtucci17 via TikTok messages.
Have a tip we should know? [email protected]
