How Apple’s Notes app has become the new hiding place for affairs

Most iPhone users open the Notes app to jot down groceries, meeting minutes, to-do lists, passwords, or even late-night ramblings no one else should see. But as it turns out, some are using it for something far more secretive: Covert conversations and even cheating on their partners.

Social media sleuths have unearthed a quietly growing trend — using Apple’s native Notes app to conduct secret chats, away from prying eyes and suspicious message notifications.

It works like this

— you create a note, invite someone to collaborate, and from there,…