Husband blames iPhone for smutty pictures that upset his wife

Are you prepared to help Susan042764 from New Jersey?

Apparently, her marriage is at risk, and only your knowledge of the iPhone can save it.

This drama is being played out, very publicly, on the Apple support site.

See if you are moved by Susan042764's question:

"Please help! I took my husband's i-phone and found a raunchy picture of him attached to an e-mail to a woman in his sent e-mail file (a Yahoo account). When I approached him about this (I think that he is cheating on me) he admitted that he took the picture but says that he never sent it to anyone. He claims that he went to the Genius Bar at the local Apple store and they told him that it is an i-phone glitch: that photos sometimes automatically attach themselves to an e-mail address and appear in the sent folder, even though no e-mail was ever sent. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? The future of my marriage depends on this answer!"

You might find several questions knock on the inside of your forehead having read this.

Is this man so handsome and egotistical that he is sending raunchy pictures of himself to another woman? How did Susan042764 know that this e-mail actually went to another woman? Were the sender's name and number clear? Did he admit to knowing this woman? And why was Susan042764 sneaking a peek at his iPhone?

Did Susan attempt to contact the receiver of this spectacular raunchy photo? And why would the husband take the picture and not send it to his wife? Or his chiropractor? Or his shrink?

Still the Apple forumists have flocked to communicate with Susan042764.

(Credit: CC Johan Larsson)

First to reply was Tamara who offers nothing but female solidarity: "Images don't automatically attach to emails. I hope you and your husband can work things out though."

Hellovon, who has never posted on the Support pages before, seems to offer a more masculine response: "Your husband is lying to you. I use the iPhone with work and and needless to say we have all sorts of private documents that get sent. The iPhone has fairly reasonable security measures and would not do such a thing. Not only is your husband cheating on you, he LIED. TO. YOU. AS. WELL."

However, there are those who are Glitch Believers.

Take a poster called Judgement from Canada: "This has definitely happened to me a couple times too. At first I thought it was just accidental with the phone being in my pocket and just jumping around, but since the first two times I have made sure I have locked it. I don't really know how to fix it but its starting to worry me. My phone has already sent pictures to the girl I like, my grandmother as well as a buddy of mine. Thankfully none of them have been too raunchy."

A poster called Lythic, however, is convinced that Judgement is actually her husband: "The iPhone does not have this bug. Ditch the creep."

Then someone called Eldeecee offers some brass tacks: "I feel bad for Susan, but I am morbidly curious of what the picture looks like and the end results of her findings. I must not be the only one who is wondering about that."

Shockingly, Susan042764 replies: "Well, if you must know ... it was a close-up shot of him pleasuring himself taken at the exact moment of maximum pleasure. (I'm trying to remain G-rated here.) It's such a good shot that one must wonder if he actually practiced it a few times before getting it right! Add that picture to the late night phone calls and some other miscellaneous texts and e-mails that I found ... and this is not the first woman ... and let's just say that my atty is working on the divorce complaint. Nonetheless, I wanted to remain open to the possibility that it was all some big mistake (I think that he is the big mistake) and thank everyone who provided input on this discussion."

So, then, venerable tech experts of the world. Is it just a little glitch? Is marriage overrated? Or is it remotely possible that Susan042764 might be pulling the Apple forum's, um, leg?

[gsna_dkm]

There are so many lies on 'net forums that my first inclination is to assume (in the absence of further evidence) that NONE of this ever happened.

Applying Occam's Razor, the simplest explanation is that it is all a hoax. There was probably no email or nasty photo and there may not even be a husband, cheating or otherwise. It isn't even safe to assume that Susan042764 is a woman.

I believe this is likely to all be a big 'net fantasy just to see what it stirs up on the Apple support site.

[IE_Dover]

"You might find several questions knock on the inside of your forehead having read this."

What?!

[JonathonStriker]

Um, okay here's the thing.
1) Why is he taking such pictures?
2) Why does he have the other woman's e-mail address?
3) Why is Susan042764 so stupid that she would actually ask tech support for an answer?

It's pretty clear that he is cheating. Even if there was such a glitch (which I'm very sure is not he told a complete lie), why would it just happen to get THAT picture to THAT woman. That sounds pretty shady. Her ignorance of electronics and wanting to be in denial of what was actually happen could have lead to a lot of stupidity. Thanks to all who supported her in seeing the truth.

[Jack K1]

Ditch the *****. Anyone poking around my e-mail behind my back is going to get fired or divorced in no seconds flat.

[Pishkado]

It's well-nigh impossible for a picture to attach itself to a message on its own, but it's not too difficult to press in the wrong place, attach a picture inadvertently, and not notice it before you send the message.

The answer is in the content of the e-mail. If it's along the lines of "if I were with you now I wouldn't have to think about you this way," guilty as charged. If it's "I'll send you the backup spreadsheets for the budget cuts when I get into the office Tuesday," it's a mistake - and was probably as embarrassing to the recipient as it was to Susan, if not more so. In that case maybe Susan ought to be upset at him for taking the picture in the first place, but no more than that.

[emunews]

I've had my iPhone for about a year now and I've never had it accidentally e-mail anyone anything. (I've accidentally called some one, but never an e-mail.)

[Perry_Clease]

The story is BS, there is no such "glitch" on the iPhone.

[davidsmi]

Only 133 days until April Fools Day!

Not the best joke conversation I've seen, but pretty good!

[vamman]

slow news day?

[Kev_Orng]

I suppose one could hold the camera out with one hand and snap at the right moment, but it's not a wide-angle lens; at arms length, it might capture his, um, ministrations, but not his face. To get all of him, it would have to be held further back. On top of that, it would be hard to line up the shot when you can't see the screen, as anybody who has tried to take a photo of themselves even in less compromising situations would probably know

So not having seen the picture, my questions are: can you see his face; if not, how does she know it's him (maybe I don't want to know), and if so, who took the picture?

[debbyglee]

um... unless they conduct their conjugal relations in the dark, it is unsurprising that his wife recognizes his genitals. no two sets are alike.

[timl2k8]

My iPhone does this all the time. Whenever I'm uh, doing something I only do in private, my iPhone starts snapping pictures of me and sending them to random contacts. I'm really furious about this! I could get in serious trouble!

[darkstar32170]

Sounds to me like a setup for a lawsuit. She divorces him, then he sues Apple for faulty software causing his divorce. I bet they are both in on it - probably the recipient too.

[Kev_Orng]

When in doubt, turn to an army of anonymous netizens for advice. They've never led me astray... :)

Then again, I'm a member of the army of anonymous netizens...!

[halsue2]

Definitely not a glitch! This is a know Apple technique for getting free publicity. Every camera enabled device sold by Apple can be remotely controlled by Steve Jobs himself, unbeknownst to the owner. A picture taken, downloaded to Apple server where it is Photoshopped and then loaded right back to the device and attached to one or several emails. Often to recipients unknown to the owner of the device. It is criminal! Destroy all iPhones!.....
Now, where is my tinfoil hat?

I have been an iPhone user for years now and I must say you people who have had accidental e-mails sent are crazy! It doesn't happen, I've just done some research on the web and Apple's forums and haven't found any articles on this phenomenon. You're phone's don't unlock by themselves, they have to be done manually and there are many steps that have to be done to attach a file to an e-mail and there's only one way to do it.

The man is cheating and your choice to divorce him is the best. Best of luck.

[Kev_Orng]

I'm a phone's don't?
How can a phone possess a don't?
How does a don't unlock itself?
It's a grammatical black hole!

[nicmart]

It brings to mind a quote from the pungent Karl Kraus (1874-1936)

"Intercourse with a woman is sometimes a satisfactory substitute for masturbation. But it takes a lot of
imagination to make it work."

[UITD]

Want my advice? Take that iPhone to an attorney and divorce your piece of crap husband. Then take him all the way to the bank for as much as you can squeeze from him.

[wordord]

You're wrong. HE should diverce HER for intruding on his privacy, i.e. reading his highly personal e-mails! No-one has the right to poke around in other people's email accounts or read their sent/received SMS!
If my husband ever would try to read my personal emails, I would not only divorce him, but probably also cause him some serious bodily harm...

[gsmiller88]

I'm surprised she's not suing Apple.

Pardon me, but I think I entered the Penthouse Forum by mistake. Goodbye.

[gggg sssss]

the ghost of lonelygirl15