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Apple will let you unsend and edit messages in iMessage

mashable.com

15 pointsdreadlordbone12 comments

My initial reaction is one of uncertainty, maybe unease. I really like having an immutable record of personal and business communiques. This feels like a loss more than a gain.

Bob would like to recall the message "I'm breaking up with you"

(I love how imap clients ignore microsoft email directives)

This article is one paragraph and 3 tweets lol. Here is a better link with actual specifics:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/6/23156634/apple-messages-im...

> Users can edit or recall a message for up to 15 minutes after sending it, or recover recently deleted messages for up to 30 days after deletion

This will make it much more difficult for people who receive threatening iMessages to provide proof to the police.

But Apple doesn't care.

They probably do care, you very likely can only retract them within a minute or so.

I think it’s safe to say that if someone sends you a threatening message and retracts it almost right away, it’s unlikely they actually want to leave a lasting effect of a threat.

Yeah, because gaslighting is DEFINITELY not a thing.

That’s a good point, have not thought of that. The sarcasm is uncalled for, though.

Any apps that’ll take a screenshot and provide a cryptographic timestamp?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31638480

And you think of that when receiving a message from a (formerly) trusted partner who turned out to be an abusive psychopath?

Having experienced that exact situation, that is where my suggestion comes from; asking about an app and knowing about it means that context can be shared to folks who need it in light of this product change by Apple.

Tangentially, lots of not so well adjusted folks out there.

Far less triple checking the message recipient to make sure I don’t accidentally send a friend a message intended for my wife! Woohoo! Significant risk of message based embarrassment reduced. Why did Apple wait so long to do this?

It’s kinda funny seeing such a contradicting reaction compared to the top commenter.

I think this just shows how some simple changes can have such a wide variety of responses especially on an enterprise level where this effect just get amplified.

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