Who can look at your cell phone???

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dayotte33
dayotte33 Posts: 80 Member
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A cell phone is a probation officer's best friend. We look at them and the probationer's entire world is on there.
But if I went to look at my own kid's phone all heck would break loose. I realize that's a parenting issue and believe me it has been addressed.
My wife and I leave ours out in the open. Anyone can look at it anytime they want because we have nothing to hide.
Is that the case with anyone else? Can your SO look at your phone? Or is it hands off? How about your children...can you look at theirs?
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  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
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    My husband knows the password for my phone and is free to spy on my whenever he wants. The same goes for my access to his, but I have never felt the need to snoop.

    My son's phone isn't "smart", but when he does get an upgrade I will have full access or he won't get to keep it.
  • dayotte33
    dayotte33 Posts: 80 Member
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    That's great. I certainly should have had better rules when the kids started getting their phones years ago.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
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    Well, I guess anyone. The only thing is I'd be really embarrassed if they hit play on my Audible account, I have some raunchy romance novels on there lol. Well, if a stranger/not so close friend flipped through my photo album I might also be embarrassed by some of my before/after shots for MFP because I don't get down to bikini wear for just everyone :laugh:

    But yeah, there definitely isn't anything to hide from my husband and I'd be worried if he was not willing to let me flip through his. I don't, but I do play games on it and stuff if we are somewhere and I already toasted my own battery, so I'd catch on if he suddenly didn't want me touching it.

    ETA: No kids. And no one elses kids are touching my phone because that shiz is expensive!
  • farfoorah
    farfoorah Posts: 168
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    No one but me can look though my phone ever.
  • know_your_worth
    know_your_worth Posts: 481 Member
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    Only me.
    There's too much in there: pictures, text messages, etc. It would be an invasion of privacy for someone to go through it.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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    I'm single. Thusly no one should be looking at my phone unless I've died and they're trying to delete the sext & porn before my parents find it.
  • dayotte33
    dayotte33 Posts: 80 Member
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    I'm single. Thusly no one should be looking at my phone unless I've died and they're trying to delete the sext & porn before my parents find it.


    :-)
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
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    I am married, and my cell phone is open game for my hubby. There is nothing on there I would hide from him, and I would not want him to feel like i was trying to hide something.

    I have a teenage daughter whose cell phone I pay for. She also knows that if I want to look at what is on her phone, I will do so. I have worked in law enfrocement for years, and have seen the results of not keeping up with what kids are doing. So I have periodicaloy gone through my kids phones (my other daughter just turned 19 and pays for her own phone, so she is free )
  • Erienneb
    Erienneb Posts: 592 Member
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    I don't have a lock on my phone and neither does my bf. Neither of us have felt the need to go through the other's phones. Sometimes if we want to shazam something or look something up and the other person's phone is available, we'll grab it. He doesn't care if I pick his up and use it or look at it, but I've never felt like I need to look through it. Same goes for me. He can take my phone whever, but he doesn't need to.
  • Brianna72994
    Brianna72994 Posts: 887
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    I dont mind if my boyfriend looks through my phone, I dont have a password or anything. And I have the password to his phone. But we never feel the need to look through each other's phones, as far as I know.
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
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    It's always in my pocket. My wife could look if she wanted to. She borrows it now and again.

    My kid's cell phone is subject to inspection at any time. Happens pretty regularly.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    No one ever *wants* to look at my cell phone. But then, I'm not on probation either. :laugh:

    No one but my family would ever have access to it anyway, and I don't care if they look at it, or even use it. There's nothing for anyone to see. I don't have a fancy internet-type "smart" phone either, so there's really *nothing* to see. :laugh:

    Edit: And why would I want to look at my kids' text messages to their friends? I have much better things to do with my time.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
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    My husband can look through my phone at any time, and I'm welcome to look through his.


    That being said, we don't.
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
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    I have a password on my phone in case it gets dropped and left somewhere I don't want any weirdos getting access to all my stuff.

    My husband is free to use it. Especially since it's the better of both phones and it gives him something to do when he's waiting on me shopping or something.

    My husband's phone is free game as well. Sometimes i have to go in and actually check the voice mail for him otherwise it never gets checked. :tongue:

    I also have all our emails attached to my one account. It's for sanity's sake so I can manage crap better with bills as some go to his email.

    I've looked through his phone before and he's looked through mine. Don't really care! Nothing to hide.

    I personally wouldn't want to go through my kid's text messages. They share stuff with each other I'm sure parents don't have to know. Especially older teenagers. If my dad went through my youngest sister's phone... holy ****... I wouldn't even want to go through it. There could be ANYTHING on it. :indifferent:
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
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    I dont have children...but you bet your sweet *kitten* I'll check their phones if they meet any of the following: 1. I pay for it. 2. They live in my house 3. they are under 18. Once they turn 18, all stupid stuff they do is their responsibility and I hope I taught them well enough in the years prior to make good choices.

    My hubs and I do NOT lock our phones for any reason. Nothing to hide.
  • Hollycat
    Hollycat Posts: 372
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    Nobody looks at my phone and I don't look at anybody else's. They're private. Period. If I want to show you a picture, I will hold the phone up to you. That's as far as it goes.

    Them's my boundaries. Deal.

    Hollycat:flowerforyou:
  • dayotte33
    dayotte33 Posts: 80 Member
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    Edit: And why would I want to look at my kids' text messages to their friends? I have much better things to do with my time.



    That's exactly why I have a job!
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,179 Member
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    My husband can look through my phone at any time, and I'm welcome to look through his.


    That being said, we don't.
    QFT

    My six year old on the other hand, has all her stuff password protected :huh:
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,858 Member
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    My kids are 7 and 4 so this is not yet an issue with them. My phone is password protected but thats to protect it from the children deleting all my apps while trying to play office jerk. My husband's cell phone is issue by a national weapons lab, and no one can access it save for him.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
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    My husband and I don't dig through each others' phones. There's just nothing in there to hide, we have no reason to 'check up' about it, but I just feel like it's kind of nice to have your phone, that's yours, and you don't have to share it at all.

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