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I just bought a IPOD 16GB for my daughter and she starting seeing my text messages on her IPOD and was able to respond to my contact via text. How can this be turned off asap????
iPhone 5
She must have used your AppleID and password when setting up messaging. If that is the case, then you all are sharing the exact same iMessage account. The ideal thing to separate them is to separate the accounts. If everyone has their own AppleID, they can log out of iMessage with your AppleID and then log in with their own AppleID, thus creating their own iMessage account.
You can do the same thing with iCloud if you do not wish to share iCloud accounts.
You can continue to use the same AppleID for iTunes and the App store if you want to share family purchases.
Is there anything I can do from my Iphone to ensure she doesn't get these texts now since I'm at work? Can i disable the iMessage option from my iPhone?
tks
No, sorry, you cannot remotely alter the settings on any iOS device. You need to have it in your hands to do that.
You could try and change the password on your AppleID -
https://appleid.apple.com
That should lock her out of any accounts associated with your AppleID (iMessage, iCloud, iTunes, App store - all accounts tied to that AppleID would be blocked without the new password).
thanks but it seems to be a very risky feature that has no security. So if my daughter inputs my apple id in her message profile they will have access to any of my text messages? Even if i change this to her own apple id, what would prevent her from changing it back and how would i know?
Take their iPods, go to settings an turn off messages.
Simple. I do that in my iPad.
mikeymatt wrote:
thanks but it seems to be a very risky feature that has no security. So if my daughter inputs my apple id in her message profile they will have access to any of my text messages? Even if i change this to her own apple id, what would prevent her from changing it back and how would i know?
Get her an AppleID for herself. On her iPod, log her out of iMessage with your AppleID, then log in with her new one. Now, change the password on your AppleID so she can no longer access any account with that AppleID.
There is security with any AppleID - that is the password. But of course, if anyone also knows the password, then they have access. That's no different than any password protected ID or account.
You can get a separate AppleID for yourself to use just for iMessage and iCloud as well, if you want to keep the current one for shared purchased content. You can have as many AppleIDs as you wish (or have emails for), and can use a different one for each and every Apple service, if you wished to.
To add an ID you have to enter the password for the account. Just do not give out the password.
mikeymatt wrote:
thanks but it seems to be a very risky feature that has no security. So if my daughter inputs my apple id in her message profile they will have access to any of my text messages? Even if i change this to her own apple id, what would prevent her from changing it back and how would i know?
Can someone advise why my IPhone 5 text messages are now being seen on my kids IPOD's?
