"Is it possible that my ex-husband use my iPhone to spy on me? "

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"Is it possible that my ex-husband use my iPhone to spy on me? "

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I know this post might sound moot as I have divorced this guy for recently. However, I still have a few odd questions that trouble me. Perhaps I'd better begin from the beginning. My ex bought an iPhone 4s for me as a Christmas gift about three years ago and paid the bill for it every month. When he gave it to me, it had already been unwrapped, and my ex said he had to do so, thus they (Apple) could activate it. I believed what he said.

Repeatedly, creepy things happened. When I first left my ex husband, I moved into a woman's shelter. Due to personal safety concerns, I did everything trying to conceal my location from him. However, several days later, my ex drove to this woman's shelter and tried to come in. Could he have somehow used my iPhone to track my whereabouts? Is it true people can use your GPS information like this?

There is another creepy thing I have to mention. During our initial separation period, my dog got sick and I have to pick up medication for him from our vet. On the day the prescription was ready for pick up, my vet told me my ex had already come by in the morning and picked up the medication. Is it possible that my ex used my iPhone to monitor my calls or emails? I just don't understand how else on earth he could have known about any of this.

Posted on Sep 5, 2014 12:28 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 9, 2014 6:20 PM in response to Mike blessing

Yes. Voice mail or emails could be diverted or copied. When such powerful emotions are running, people will do anything. Ditch that iPhone and get an Android for a while and new email as well as everything.

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Answer 2

Sep 9, 2014 7:30 PM in response to Mike blessing

While some sort of spyware might be responsible for this it is much more likely that your ex has your Apple Id and password (and any other passwords you have) and is using that to do the things you wrote about.

Yoou say he gave you the phoine fully set-up. Does that mean you never created an Apple ID and password for yourself? If so (or even if you did) immediately change the password on your Apple ID, also check to see if Find My Phone is turned on. If it is turn it off.

You should also go to an Apple Store and have someone there help you to wipe the phone and start from scratch. If you do that and change your Apple ID (and any other passwords you had from the time you were married) you should be OK.

regards

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Answer 3

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Sep 11, 2014 9:06 PM in response to Mike blessing

Set up your own Apple ID for the iPhone. Is the Find your iPhone activated on your iPhone? If so he can track where you are any time your iPhone is turned on. Also He can receive your messages through iMessage.

Best bet is to dump the iPhone and get another one and set it up under your own Apple ID. Make the password something he can't guess.

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Answer 4

Sep 12, 2014 6:16 AM in response to Mike blessing

Mike blessing wrote:

You mean if I change the password, he will never spy on me again?

There is no way i can answer that, there area a million ways one person can spy on another in this day and age.

However if you were to wipe the phone and set it up as new plus change all your associated Apple passwords to ones your ex can;t guess, then I can say he couldnt 't tracking you through the phone. Wiping and reinitializing it would be the same as getting a new one so I don;t think you need to go through that expense.

However assuming this post is real and you are experiencing the situation you describe you need to contact the authorities. There is no way anyone here can know the true seriousness of the situation and to be giving advice on this issue is wrong. We could be causing you to fell a false sense of safety. Because of that this will be my last post here.

So please do what I recommended to the phone and then seek out the proper help.

good luck

regards

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Answer 5

Sep 15, 2014 7:14 PM in response to Mike blessing

As far as I know, some monitoring software do can monitor people in secret, such as iKeyMonitor, Mobile Spy and so on. I know this kind of software can be used to monitor people in secret and record texts and phone calls. Is it possible that your ex-husband install such software on your phone? I think you’d better talk to him and ask him not to do it. I have searched a website for you. Maybe you can get information from that and don’t know if it helps. Good luck! http://download.cnet.com/iKeyMonitor/3000-2144_4-75691441.html

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