intercepting text messages?

I think someone is intercepting my text messages, i have an iphone4, i know this sounds extreme but im sure of it, does anyone know if it is able for this to be done and if so can i stop it?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jan 23, 2012 12:07 PM

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Jan 23, 2012 1:22 PM in response to NMG1984

Are they going as SMS messages (green bubbles) or iMessages (blue bubbles)? If they are iMessages, odds are good that either you or the recipient (though if it was you, the person you suspect is 'intercepting' the messages would probably be a member of your household) has inadvertantly set up more than one iDevice using the same Apple ID and iMessage is doing exactly what it's supposed to in replicating the messages across all devices using that ID.

Jun 26, 2014 12:47 PM in response to NMG1984

there are numerous applications available online to purchase for as low as $40.. all you need is 5 minutes with someones phone to download the app on their phone and set up the settings and from then on, hidden from view, all the texts that the person sends and receives along with many other pieces of data and info, depending on the app, is sent to your phone or computer as well. Anyone who tells you that isnt true or difficult is a fool. Even apple will say its difficult. DOES it sound difficult?: WHAT DOES SEEM DIFFICULT IS determining if such an app is on your phone and getting rid of it

Jan 23, 2012 12:39 PM in response to NMG1984

If your iPhone is not jailbroken there is no way for anyone to intercept your text messages except by getting them from your carrier, and, in the US at least, this can only be done by law enforcement agencies with a warrant (as affirmed by the US Supreme Court today, January 23, 2012).


Note that this is SMS - text messages - only. If you use iMessage there seem to be some glitches that can sometimes cause iMessages to be misdirected. If you are concerned about this turn off iMessaging in Settings.

Jan 23, 2012 12:43 PM in response to KiltedTim

The person who i think is doing it knows things that i have only told 1 other person my text this has been going on for a while but i just kept putting it down to coincidence there was 1 message i sent today and the other person knows about it and i just cant think of any other way, i know it sounds ridiculous but its the only way i think this person could know what im talking to other ppl about.

Jan 23, 2012 1:47 PM in response to KiltedTim

Hi KiltedTim,


Thanks,


I think you may be onto something here, ok so the person im messaging is coming up as a blue bubble imessage, and the person i think is reading them has a blackberry however her husband has an iphone which was set up using my itunes account as he didnt have a laptop etc when he got it and as far as i know hes never synced it to another itunes so could it be that shes able to see them through his iphone if there sent as imessages?

Mar 10, 2015 10:20 AM in response to NMG1984

Someone has managed to find a way to read my text messages as well. I have changed phones, and I have changed Apple account passwords. This has been going on for several months, so lately I started planting things in my text messages on purpose. Now someone is "finding out" these things. This person has no access to my phone. It is locked out by fingerprint and lock code that is changed weekly. I truly believe that some IT person (a suspect) has managed to tie into my text messages and is emailing my conversations the the someone in question. I am an IT guy and I know the internet says it CAN be done, but I can't for the life of me, figure out HOW they have done it and how to stop it. I can't change my phone number, I use it for business.

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