iPhone expert exposes trick to see hidden details in text messages
An iPhone expert has detailed how you can uncover secret details hidden in texts using a very simple technique in a jaw-dropping TikTok video.
Scrubbing out secret information from screenshots before sending to friends may not be as private as you think.
An iPhone expert user has revealed that anyone can uncover the details you’re hiding underneath using a very simple technique in a jaw-dropping TikTok video.
So if you’re trying to conceal a sensitive photo or important bank information, think again.
People regularly use the edit tool on screenshots and select a dark highlight pen.
But as lifehack.america shows, anyone can fade the effect to see what it hides, The Sun reports.
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“If you ever send information that is either crossed out or blacked out via text, well, the person who receives it on the other end, all they have to do is open Photos,” he said.
From the Photos app, all anyone then needs to do is tap the edit button.
They can then select Exposure and slide it all the way to the maximum.
The same is done for Brilliance too.
Any information hidden underneath is then completely exposed.
One user commented saying: “If they do ONE layer of the black marker then yes they can do this.
“If they do multiple layers they cannot.”
Other have suggested it’s better to crop sensitive stuff out altogether.
It’s probably best not to send anything with important information on it in the first place – no matter how hidden you think it may be.
This story originally appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission.
Originally published as iPhone expert exposes trick to see hidden details in text messages
