Siri can tell you the secrets of your iPhone’s ‘invisible ink’

putting text secret It’s a risky business. Email is arguably no more usable than traditional SMS. Encrypted text messages like iMessage are Betteryour device and the recipient’s You can read the messages, but you never know who they are looking to the other side. (sure your friend Might be so But you may be showing off dog pictures when you are. I have a sensitive message finished.)

you should already be using an iphone invisible ink

you may already in the habitbut the best way to protect yourself when sending iMessages to friends is to Use invisible ink effectIf someone else is looking over your friend’s shoulder while your conversation is open, they’ll see a hodgepodge of pixels, not your confession or guilt.if they Notifications are displayed as ‘messages sent in invisible ink’, so they are even better displayed.

Invisible ink won’t save you if someone has access to the recipient’s phone Decide to swipe your pixels to read your scandalous thoughts, but at least give you some extra protection if you send something you don’t want others to readGreat for confiding in friends or discussing show spoilers.or talk about a surprise you don’t want to spoil for onlookers.

The only exception here is SMS (i.e. green text). These effects are for iMessage only. This means that the iPhone can simply add additional text to let the recipient know what effects have been applied to the message. Buried the corpse (sent in invisible ink) not very usefulUnfortunately.

Siri doesn’t work with Invisible Ink

However, there is one fatal flaw when it comes to iMessages. It’s Siri. You might think your digital assistant will give you hints, but it doesn’t. When you ask Siri to read a message to you, Siri will read the entire message if it contains Invisible Ink. To add insult to her injury, she follows up with “sent in invisible ink.” (yes me know It was. That was the point, Siri.)

T.The lack of awareness extends to CarPlay. Imagine a car full of passengers. For real You shouldn’t. It may be your responsibility to have Siri read the message to the group, but if you know the message was sent privately, think twice.

W.If you want to provide features like Invisible Ink, it will make Every effort should be made to prevent these messages from being easily broadcast. W.When Siri reads your Invisible Ink message, it should lead with it Ask if you want to continue. (“This message was sent in invisible ink. Would you mind reading it?” is a good start.) Apple may never make it change, please change Be careful when texting people. Also, be careful about having Siri read those texts out loud.