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Private Info Suddenly Appears On Woman’s iPhone

Posted on June 30, 2010 by pogowasright.org

A Stockton woman was puzzled when pictures she never took and personal information that wasn’t hers suddenly showed up on her iPhone, but confusion turned to concern after she tracked the information to another woman’s iPhone.

Like so many customers, Maria Avila took her older-generation iPhone to an Apple store on Sunday to upgrade to the new 4.0 software, but ever since, she has been suffering from glitches.

“I still can’t send text messages,” Maria said, and as she showed the problem to CBS13, her iPhone locked up and wouldn’t function properly.

The frustrating glitches became much more serious when strange photos popped up in Maria’s album and unknown contact information appeared in her address book.

Read more on CBS.

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