Six worrying tech signs that your partner is about to cheat on you
Topics: Technology, Sex and Relationships, Life, iPhone
Rhiannon Ingle
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Topics: Technology, Sex and Relationships, Life, iPhone
Let's face it - no one wants to be cheated on.
And while you'd hope that in most relationships this would be far from a worry, it's clear some partners are more suspicious than others of what their SO is or isn't doing behind their back.
Now, as a rule, open and honest communication is widely hailed as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship.
However, to shine a light on potential infidelity, one tech expert has revealed six worrying tech signs that your partner is about to cheat on you.
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Kim Komando, a radio show host who namely focuses on technology news and security, explained to MailOnline her handful of tech-y red flags when it comes to your beau.
Up first, Kim's warns you should be wary of someone who always seems to be snowed under with work as this could potentially be a cover-up for something else.
She explained that some cheaters even go as far as to use fake work documents to conceal communications they do not want to be caught red-handed with.
"When the file is opened, the first page appears to be a bunch of corporate speak," Kim said.
"But scrolling down reveals the file’s real purpose. Online documents are a covert way to share notes, photos, and videos with someone else."
Next is always hanging out at the exact same place.
Again, ideally you'd be able to trust your partner and wouldn't have to conduct tech surveillance on them, but Kim suggested that you could check your partner’s location history to see if there’s a particular area that they seem to be visit more often than not.
Kim also warned that people doing stuff they shouldn't be doing also have a bunch of ways to 'destroy the evidence', per se.
"If they routinely access dating sites, secret email accounts or anything, they will probably think to cover their tracks," she explained.
Speaking of concealment, cheaters may also be prone to downloading a bunch of fake apps on their devices to hide who they're chatting to.
"Unless your partner is brazen, you won’t see a chat app on their home screen or steamy messages sitting in their text message folder," Kim warned.
I mean, we're all entitled to our privacy but those who are suspicious over their partner may hear warning bells if their SO is super secretive about their phone notifications.
She said: "Many people turn their phones away from others to protect their privacy, but most don’t hide their phones from their spouses. The same goes for shuffling browser tabs or switching off a tablet.
"Notifications can also reveal cheaters, so it’s common to switch them off or hide them if you’re doing something you don’t want your significant other to see."
And the last but not least worrying tech red flag according to Kim is having your online trash folder always full.
Now, once you delete something, it's not always properly deleted as it can go to another holding section before it deletes permanently.
But, some cheaters may forget to empty this out leaving them with a whole bunch of virtual trash.
Deleted digital items are typically never gone for good. A computer’s trash or recycle bin retains items until the bin is emptied. Some cloud services let you restore items from the trash," Kim explained.
Well, there you have it.
As a rule, though, it's important to remember privacy boundaries in relationships and, if you really are worried about infidelity, opening up an open and honest conversation with your partner is usually a better place to start than snooping.