[ale] [OT] Phone funniness

[James Taylor]

It's probably connected to her icloud account, which is used for iphone messaging.
It's linked to sms where the senders and receivers are not on an iphone.
Apple syncs messages to all their fruity devices unless specifically turned off.
Beware using someone else's Apple device for messaging.
-jt
James Taylor
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>>> Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> 01/04/2024, 05:07 PM >>>
All I would say is be careful "who" you texting :)

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 11:31 Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Hey all, you know more about phones than I do. This seems a bit
> worrisome/odd.
>
> We changed carriers (Verizon to Consumer Cellular) and supposedly my LG K
> 51 won't "connect" to the CC network, even though it has G and "bars". So
> I'm using my wife's old iphone 5S with a new SIM and my phone number. What
> is odd is that when I text a friend, and he replies, it might go to my
> wife's *new* phone. She gets an phone or Gmail alert that her account is
> active on another device (her old phone), and sometimes I get the replies,
> sometimes she does. I haven't wiped her phone yet, mostly because I hate
> iphones and will probably get something else.
>
> I just thought all this seemed weird.
>
> Leam
>
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