Aussie lawyer points out the one VERY concerning flaw with Apple’s new iPhone iOS 16 update

A Sydney etiquette expert has revealed the possible flaws in the latest Apple iPhone iOS 16 update – including social faux pas and miscommunication. 

The new software allows users to unsend any message for up to two minutes after sending it and edit a message up to 15 minutes after it’s sent.  

Julie Lamberg-Burnet, founder and CEO of the Sydney School of Protocol, told FEMAIL all iPhone users should be mindful of text messages sent to avoid confusion that could potentially damage relationships. 

While having the ability to edit text messages will fix grammatical errors, it’s important to ensure the message is understood.  

‘Digital messages can often be misinterpreted and the added functionality for editing and removing opens up further opportunities to create mixed perceptions and impact your reputation,’ Julie said. 

  

The Apple iPhone iOS 16 update allows users to unsend any message for up to two minutes after sending it and edit a message up to 15 minutes after it’s sent. Julie Lamberg-Burnet said this might lead to social faux pas and miscommunication among relationships (stock image) 

‘This is an interesting point and in essence the tools are useful to be able to alter potentially damaging or embarrassing comments,’ Julie continued. 

‘However, this only serves to remind us all that we should ensure we are both careful about committing our thoughts to messages and if we do to spend the extra time to review and edit what we have written before we press send. 

‘With the added tools on iOS iPhones we need to be more mindful of how we are managing messages to avoid confusion, sending mixed signals and potentially impacting relationships, both on a business and personal level.’ 

To avoid any potential embarrassment or confusion, Julie recommends keeping messages brief and calling someone if needed instead of texting. 

She also highlighted the fact that not everyone has time to scroll through message threads and read if anything has been edited or removed.  

‘If in doubt about the information you wish to message, call on the phone or speak in person,’ she said. 

‘Also avoid messaging either confidential, embarrassing or private information.’ 

Due to the nature of texting, it’s easy for a message to be misinterpreted and can lead to misunderstandings.

Tips to improve your digital messaging:

When texting someone be sure to:

Be aware not everyone has time to scroll through messages to check on a thread of messages

Keep messages brief to remove the need to edit or remove media

If in doubt about the information you wish to message call on the phone or speak in person

Avoid messaging either confidential, embarrassing or private information

Promote face to face communications in business and social settings

A Sydney lawyer also pointed out another potentially fatal flaw in the latest Apple iPhone iOS 16 update.

In a TikTok video criminal defence lawyer Jahan Kalantar said he’s ‘terrified’ over the impact this feature could have in the legal system and what it could mean in terms of ‘modifying evidence’.

The latest update launched in Australia and most countries around the world on September 12. 

In a TikTok video criminal defence lawyer Jahan Kalantar, from Sydney, (pictured) pointed out a possible fatal flaw in the new Apple iPhone iOS 16 update

Users can now unsend or edit text messages, which has led Mr Kalantar to question the impact this will have on the legal system (stock image)

In a TikTok video criminal defence lawyer Jahan Kalantar, from Sydney, (left) pointed out a possible fatal flaw in the new Apple iPhone iOS 16 update. Users can now unsend or edit text messages, which has led Mr Kalantar to question the impact this will have on the legal system

‘Apple has just released a feature that terrifies me as a criminal defence lawyer. In my opinion, this feature has the most powerful potential for miscarriages of justice that I’ve ever seen,’ Mr Kalantar said in the clip.

He went on to explain the latest feature and the ‘potential it gives people to modify evidence’.

‘Imagine what it can do in terms of enabling people to make threats and then change them so that they seem innocuous,’ Mr Kalantar continued. 

‘What about chain of evidence issues? Are we going to know that there’s been changes or not?’

Mr Kalantar said he’s already preparing himself to have arguments as to the ‘evidential validity of anything that comes from an iPhone’. 

Jahan’s informative video has since been viewed a staggering 412,000 times, receiving more than 22,000 likes. 

‘Thanks Jahan, I was already tossing up moving away from apple then you go and post this. decision made,’ one person wrote. 

Others pointed out that the edit history should be accessible and screenshots should always be taken.  

‘There will be full forensic traceability for sent messages/images (as always),’ one person wrote. 

‘You can see the edits you do, Apple thought about it,’ another added. 

A third wrote: ‘Screenshots all day! We’re going to need more storage on the phones.’

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