Went down husband’s phone

Vile

Never mind the lawyer. How can you not comprehend that a smartphone is a device that stores, processes and allows the retrieval of information? For example, one might use it to store, and later retrieve, contact details, notes, and photographs. I’m able to access this very website using my smartphone, because it functions as a computer. Any reason why you choose to deny this self-evident fact?

No. You are drawing a very long bow. And the lawyer has already told you that you are wrong. Is there a reason you think you know better than them? My point is that being administered or controlled by computers (as cars are) does not in itself, make them computers. An oven is an oven. Not a computer. A car is a car. Not a computer.

I think they contain, and are partially controlled or administered by computers.

In DPP v McKeown, DPP v Jones ([1997] 2 Cr. App. R. 155, HL, at page 163), a computer was defined as “a device for storing, processing and retrieving information.”

Can you see how this very obviously applies to a device such as a smartphone?

The OP didn't know there was no cheating, until she looked at the phone. That's the point. And the evidence of what the messages say basically says he's had affairs before. So she was right to check the phone, she was vindicated in doing so. And it's her spouse, so she had every right to.

You must be daft if you think a cash register and a car, are computers.

You can't be serious.

You've had a lawyer school you and tell you that you are wrong. To continue when you are proven wrong, is foolish.

It is not up to me to prove a negative.

We've already had a solicitor on here state it is wrong. I'm going to take the word of a lawyer. Not you. Now to ignore a solicitor shows supreme ignorance. Go away and come back with actual proof that it is is. Because the onus is on you to prove it is. You're the one making the claim; and against the advice of a legal specialist here. Please don't bother replying until you get the proof because I'm not going to entertain your ignorance and foolishness any longer.

It doesn’t matter what a mobile phone is designed for. Are you really this daft? Modern cash registers are designed for registering sales. If you look at them, you’ll see they’re basically a PC connected to a cash drawer. Are you trying to tell us they don’t qualify as computers?

Except afaik and the Op knows there was no cheating here. There was some very irreverent male banter but that's all.

However the OP has invaded her husband's privacy to satisfy her own curiosity I.e. her inquisitiveness was obviously much more important to her than respecting his privacy.

Further, she found something, while in itself not terminally wrong, has upset her.

I have 2 words for the OP's predicament in this situation:
Tough titty!!

Except you are absolutely WRONG and are embarrassing yourself. Simply because something has computer capabilities does not make it a computer. What you're saying, is a car is a computer. An oven, is a computer. I don't know why you continue to embarrass yourself this way.

Instead of arguing black is white in on here, why don't you go and do some diligent research and come back with some proof? Until you do, I will not be facilitating any more of your derailing this thread with your ignorance.

Oh yes there is always someone who likes to pretend looking on a phone is worse than cheating

And you're STILL wrong. Did you miss my earlier post or just fail to comprehend it? Here's the explanation again:
A mobile phone, particularly a smartphone, is indeed considered a computer. It possesses the fundamental characteristics of a computer: it takes input, processes information, and provides output. Smartphones have a central processing unit (CPU), memory (RAM and storage), and run software (apps) to perform various tasks. While they differ in form factor and user interface from traditional desktop or laptop computers, they share the core functionality of a computer."
So, unless you're using a Nokia 3310, or a similar old "dumb" phone, you have a COMPUTER in your back pocket!!! 🙄
HTH.

There is no legislation that makes it possible. That is what you cannot grasp.

If you think a smart phone is a computer, you also think a car is a computer. Just stop embarrassing yourself.

I didn't "school a lawyer" about the law - re-read my post to @ByGreenHiker - I recapped the side discussion to her that derailed the thread to highlight that, in spite of legislation making it possible, no-one had suggested that OP should or would be prosecuted. No-one.

A bill. An email ?

he sounds controlling and abusive and tbh better off without him if you feel that stressed he may and it’s May find something he doesn’t like

@PulpKitchen yes looking at phone was wrong but if he won’t talk ……

banter can mean so much. Everything is banter when could be bullying for example

only you know if it was banter between two mates but even so it’s 🤮

only you can decide whether to be with someone who has so little respect for you

So if snooping doesn’t find anything, is it wrong then?

That’s not how privacy works.

She isn't, she was referring to @ByGreenHiker who is. Remember, @SamiSnail can't even grasp that a smart phone is a computer so do you really think she would have the intellect to qualify as a solicitor?

Why?? Because this man was sharing a photo of his colleague, one he is senior to, with his mate in a sexual manner. You honestly think there is no legislation against this behaviour?
If it is not under the equality act, it'll be somewhere. If you are s solicitor and can me different then okay, but i'm shocked if that's the case.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/computer-misuse-act this includes mobile devices. And there is no leeway for spouse or partner access without explicit permission. Search the page for the word "mobile"

Yes, you are, with every new post.

All these people saying you shouldn’t have snooped just because you thought he was acting cooler - surely what you found justifies what you did?! You thought something may be going on, and you discovered that your husband is totally disrespectful of you and your marriage.

I already have. The same way a computerised car is not a computer. The mobile phone is designed for making calls. Just as a car is designed for driving.

I don’t know what previous conversation could mitigate a senior member of staff sharing photos of a young woman he line-manages and using dick emojis as he discusses whether or not he’s going to try to have sex with her.

Most workplaces would consider that beyond inappropriate.