Deleting junk accidentally

My problem is not whether I block the other people in conversation because now I know that’s not true. However, I was deleting mass amounts of actual junk and as well as personal/professional texts with private matters within the messages and the fact that it says apple and my cell phone carrier reviews the messages worries me. It was an accident and now I do not want any of my personal info out there.

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 9:14 PM

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Jan 10, 2023 9:16 PM in response to Tommyotoole13

Tommyotoole13 wrote:

the fact that it says apple and my cell phone carrier reviews the messages worries me.

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Jan 10, 2023 9:51 PM in response to SravanKrA

I was deleting essentially all of my text messages and then when I pressed delete my muscle memory clicked in and accidentally pressed report as junk. As some of the messages I did delete were indeed spam, a good amount were personal/professional text messages with known contacts. So, I read more into it and found that when you report messages to junk, Apple and in most cases your cell phone provider will review the number and contents of the message. While this makes sense in regards to deem it spam or not, my mistake puts me at risk of people such as Apple and providers to read my personal and private messages with non-spam contacts. What I am looking for is assurance that this won’t happen or if so, how can I assure that my information on those specific threads are safe. I also have texts on there with close friends where playful profanity is used. Could apple or my provider ring me up for anything as such?

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