An iPhone expert has detailed how you can discover secret details hidden in texts using a very simple technique in a mind-blowing TikTok video.
Deleting secret screenshots before sending them to friends may not be as private as you think.
An expert iPhone user has revealed that anyone can discover the details he hides under a very simple technique in an amazing TikTok video.
So if you’re trying to hide a sensitive photo or important banking information, think again.
People regularly use the editing tool in screenshots and select a dark highlight pencil.
But, as lifehack.america shows, anyone can blur the effect to see what it hides, The sun reports.
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“If you ever send information that is scratched or obscured by text, well, the person receiving it at the other end, all you have to do is open Photos,” he said.
From the Photos app, all you have to do is tap the edit button.
They can then select Exposure and slide it to the maximum.
The same goes for Brilliance as well.
All the information hidden below is fully exposed.
One user commented: “If they make ONE layer of the black marker, then yes, they can.
“If they make multiple layers they can’t.”
Others have suggested that it is better to cut out sensitive things altogether.
It’s probably best not to send anything with important information 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 an iPhone expert, it exposes a trick to see hidden details in text messages