The "iMessage bug" that causes text, video, and picture messages to go to the wrong phone has reportedly hit an Apple Store employee, and allegedly without his knowledge. According to a story over at Gizmodo, the staff of that site has been "spying" on the texts sent by someone who appears to work at an Apple Store thanks to the help of a reader whose son recently had his iPhone fixed by a store Genius. The employee's text messages sent to and from his friends now appear to be going to the reader's son's phone, which not only include some racy sexts, but also some "interesting" photos.

First, the backstory for those of you catching up. In December, Ars discovered (thanks to the help of several readers) that iMessages could go to the wrong iPhones and expose huge swaths of your personal information to a stranger. At the time, the premise was that an iPhone stolen by a thief could be remote wiped by you and deactivated through your carrier, yet when you set up your new iPhone, the iMessages designated for you would go to both your new and old phone. This means that someone who steals your phone—or even just an innocent bystander who found it—could register your old phone under a new number and still send and receive iMessages as you. Several readers told us tales about this happening to them; one reader in particular explained how he had conversed directly with the possessor of his wife's stolen phone, who was just as confused as he was.

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