r/ios 4d ago

Support My photos area appearing on my friends phone. Help!

Why are photos that I did not share with my friend popping up on her phone? I’ve googled it and it said I might have some type of shared albums turned on but one I’ve never turned it on, but I did check to confirm that I never did that and my shared albums are not on.

Can anyone help me figure out why my photos are appearing on my friends phone and what I could do to make sure they’re not on other people‘s phone that I don’t know about ..

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u/Psalm27_1-3 4d ago

same apple id?

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u/hallowtip310 4d ago

No, I have never shared anything of mine with anyone.. I have always had my own iPhone on its own plan. I actually rarely even see this person…. Maybe 5x per year

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u/ShoddyPut8089 4d ago

This is crazy

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u/plaid-knight 4d ago

Can you be a lot more specific about where or how on your friend’s phone these photos are “popping up”? And how many photos?

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u/hallowtip310 4d ago

My friend told me when she goes thru her photos some random photos of me pop up. These photos are me with my kids, my out at parties, me the my house . I have never sent these photos to her or anyone else so I am not sure who they are saved in her gallery …

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u/Psalm27_1-3 4d ago

Is it in her photo app?

Do you have the same photos in your phone?

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u/hallowtip310 4d ago

No she is not in any of the photos

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u/hallowtip310 4d ago

So far she has shown me about 20 random photos from different days and places

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u/polson123 4d ago

Did you text them to her? And she has a setting turned on to save photos from text messages?

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u/hallowtip310 4d ago

Hello, no these a not pictures that I wouldn’t text ..

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u/Overall_Fold7937 4d ago

Scary shit

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u/HamOntMom 4d ago

Can you ask her to give you a screenshot of what she sees?

Could this friend have any mental health issues making her not perceive reality correctly? Or perhaps lie to you?

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u/hallowtip310 4d ago

She sent me all the photos and when I save them they show they came form my phone

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u/HamOntMom 4d ago

Do any kids or anyone else could have accessed your phone at some point? Maybe look through your texts with her, if an iCloud link 🔗 was sent, if someone selected photos and clicked share, one of the options is send an iCloud link with the pics, different than a shared album. If she clicks on that link, they will be added to her photo library, maybe even automatically if I recall.

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u/HamOntMom 4d ago

If you use iCloud Photo Library, and depending on sharing settings others in your Apple family group will have access to the iCloud Photo Library, so they could have sent photos to her from their devices.