iPhone users rejoiced with the release of iOS 16‘s ability to unsend and edit messages. Apple promoted the features as helpful ways to correct typos or retract messages sent by accident, but some users are thinking more nefariously. Since iOS 16 came out earlier this month, the conversation has taken a turn towards the land of sin: lying, cheating, and gaslighting.
These undo send and edit message features just became — flawed as all humans are — new methods for being sneaky. With a few taps of a finger, people can edit or remove an illicit message as though their secret wrongdoings never existed. Here are some of the ways people are scheming:
