u/HereWeGoAgainBrenda

Hi all,

My sister has left an abusive marriage where she has fears that her husband was using her phone to monitor/stalk her. He is an IT professional and will have had physical access to her phone.

She's bought a new phone and wasn't sure whether to let Apple transfer her old phone to her new phone. Is it possible that any kind of spyware could get transferred from her old phone to her new phone if she does that? I've told her to err on the side of caution and not do it, which is obviously inconvenient but hopefully safer. Is that necessary or can she take the easy route and use the transfer system?