christophb

AppleExposed said:

christophb said:

In other news, Apple being investigated by FTC for supporting a business model that "may" increase the price to consumers.  

(Enter Judge Koh, stage left)
(Queue: The People's Court theme)


/s m'kay?

Forgot "Enter Amazon" against Apple for paying writers.

Props for picking up my point.  Increasing price for consumer isn't bad when it compensates the creator.

In other news, Apple being investigated by FTC for supporting a business model that "may" increase the price to consumers.  

(Enter Judge Koh, stage left)
(Queue: The People's Court theme)


/s m'kay?

The only flex i need in a phone is so it will curve to my left cheek and then back to flat when it leaves my back pocket.  I can’t see this as anything but a solution searching for a problem.

rob53 said:

clexman said:

rob53 said:

We’re talking about family so why wouldn’t each of them have written down essential account information and stored them in a safe? If they had the surviving spouse would have been able to access the deceased Apple ID.

it’s not Apple’s responsibility to do this. Forcing Apple to do it sets a bad precedent for other types of access by police and others. 

Considering that writing passwords down is not recommended, it doesn't seem that not having them written down is surprising. My wife forgets her passwords all the time and has to reset them. I don't remember all of them.

Actually, writing down and protecting your Apple ID password is recommended. Apple no longer retains any way to recover that password so it makes sense to save it somehow. Put it in a safe or safety deposit box. Just don’t write it on a sticky and put it on the back of your keyboard. 

Dude, there’s a recovery process to reset for any AppleID.  Two-factor, security questions, etc.  You just have to prove you are you which is hard when you aren’t you or if you’ve assumed room temperature.

WmH said:

Something is amiss here, why did they not have photo library or iCloud library shared if they were married, passwords shared, the other husband should have all the photos between the two, no court order given or needed. Get down to the real reason!!!

Apple does not offer a shared photo library and anyone who doesn't also have a Mac may not have it locally stored.  

I recently went through this with a parent passing and Apple was helpful and a specialist guided me through the process.  We had to follow state procedures to get the court issue the order/permission. Each state handles digital property management in their own way.  Some don't even offer it in a Will.  Also there is no probate when there is a surviving spouse in community property states so there's no legal documents associated with passing digital property.

Good on Apple for protecting property and privacy.