I keep getting emails that my wife is adding a trusted device to her apple account. The phone number she is adding is not hers. What is she providing access to on her account by adding this number?

I am receiving emails that my wife is adding a trusted device to her apple account. The phone number she is adding is not hers. What is she providing access to or gaining access to by adding this number to her account?

Posted on Mar 31, 2016 9:45 AM

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Mar 31, 2016 11:06 AM in response to cdash2

I have to say that this sounds fishy to me. She may be allowing someone access to her Apple ID. I may be overcautious, but I'd be VERY suspicious:


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A trusted device is an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 9 or later, or a Mac with OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later that you’ve signed in to using two-factor authentication. If your device doesn't automatically display verification codes when you sign in with your Apple ID on another device or browser, it’s not trusted yet.

Mar 31, 2016 11:28 AM in response to cdash2

cdash2 wrote:


Going through a divorce. I know who it is and have asked her. Obviously she is not giving up any info. They both have iPhones so I don't know if that is allowing her to see his texts or him to see her texts, etc. Just want to know what the purpose or advantage of doing this is.

It sounds as if it's time to separate your Apple IDs. You're probably going to make yourself crazy trying to figure out what she's doing that doesn't involve you. Leave it to the lawyers.


Best of luck.

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