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family member claiming an app listed on purchased list was not done by them? is there any other way like 14 apps could be listed there that were not done by this person

I am able to see a family members purchased/downloaded apps in the list under the App Store etc. the family member claims that around 14 of these apps on the list were not downloaded by him and he does not know how they got there... is there any other way that the apps could have possibly gotten onto this list?

iPhone 8, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 16, 2020 10:00 PM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2020 10:48 PM

is there any other way that the apps could have possibly gotten onto this list?

To appear on the purchased list, the purchase was approved by the person with the Apple ID using their password, Touch ID or Face ID.

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Aug 16, 2020 11:04 PM in response to Mkb1988

Mkb1988 wrote:

Thank you for your help. Just so I am clear. In no way shape or form can this list be hacked in some way or something like that? It can not be altered but only by the person it belongs to?

Think of your question for a moment.


If an account could be hacked, why would it to be populate it with 14 purchases that seem to be embarrassing for the purchaser? To drive you here asking the question.


An account can certainly be hacked. If this purchaser was tricked in to providing their Apple ID and password, someone could use the compromised account to make purchases. Those purchases would only available to the hacker for as long as they had access to the hacked account.


Possibly hours if not minutes.


Does this person have 2FA on the account? That makes compromising it much less plausible. Do they have the App store set to use Touch ID or Face ID for purchases?


family member claiming an app listed on purchased list was not done by them? is there any other way like 14 apps could be listed there that were not done by this person

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