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Do you know your DP's phone passcode?

247 replies

livin · 11/06/2019 07:41

I see threads all the time with locked up phones and people wanting to snoop but can't due to password changes/never knowing it etc. Do you know your DP's password? I know DH's and he knows mine. We don't snoop (to my knowledge) but I'm always able to get in if I wanted to, same for him. I thought this was normal?

Is it not the done thing? Do you know your partners passcode? I'd be very suspicious if he changed his without telling me/if I'd done the same he would be suspicious.

OP posts:
Youngandfree · 11/06/2019 07:55

He doesn’t have one and yes he knows mine

WhatHaveIFound · 11/06/2019 07:56

Yes because we have the same one and we also have thumbprint access on each others phones. Nothing really interesting on either them.

BertieBotts · 11/06/2019 07:56

Yes, I inherited his sim card due to something or other so I was stuck with it and ended up setting my main PIN to the same number.

We don't look through as a rule but might see things if we are using the phone for some other purpose e.g. to take a picture, quickly look up weather report etc.

MrsMozartMkII · 11/06/2019 07:56

Y'up.

We know each other's. Would think it odd if the other went through our messages, but it's never come up so not an issue.

Rockbird · 11/06/2019 07:57

Yes to both. I'm also the IT dept in this house so I set his phone up. We occasionally use each other's phone to make a call to family if one phone is nearer but generally have no interest in what's on them. His is full of random crap and so is mine!

BertieBotts · 11/06/2019 07:58

Or set sat nav while other is driving etc. It's surely practical to know the other's PIN?

KMoKMo · 11/06/2019 07:59

Yes we have the same PIN. And use it for most things, most recently the safe on holiday.

SimplySteveRedux · 11/06/2019 08:00

Yep, phone, tablet, bank, email. No reason to go digging though.

notacooldad · 11/06/2019 08:01

He knows mine because it’s my birthday. He’s told me his plenty of time but my brain just won’t seem to store that information
I'm the same with Dp.
The conversation is always the same
Me ' can I use your phone, mine ( died, upstairs, in the kitchen whatever)
Dp sure.
Me what's your pass work
Dp rolls eyes.
Me I know it begins with
Dp no. It begins with 8.

Every single time!!!!
I just cant remember.
To be fair is the same with mine.

Ohyesiam · 11/06/2019 08:02

Yes

FrederickCreeding · 11/06/2019 08:02

No, I can't see why I'd need to know his passcode. And I don't even have one on mine. I didn't realise that everyone did!

WhoKnewBeefStew · 11/06/2019 08:04

We both know each other’s, but the only time I look at it, is if I need to genuinely use it, but I only go into what I need to. I’ll always ask him beforehand too.

If I genuinely thought something untoward was going on, yes I’d snoop. I’ve only ever snooped in someone’s phone once, and that was my ex dh, it’s how I found out about his affair

64632K · 11/06/2019 08:04

We know each others passcodes to pretty much everything, never felt the need to check each others phones. We use whichever phone is closest at hand.

hellsbellsmelons · 11/06/2019 08:04

With my ExP, YES
That is why he is an Ex!!!!
Lying, cheating, sleazy, porn addicted scumbag!

Disco3000 · 11/06/2019 08:05

Yeah but only because he has deliveroo plus on his phone!

CherryPavlova · 11/06/2019 08:05

Yes although he has one of his phones which needs a thumbprint to open. We don’t look usually but might if a message from one of our mothers or one of the children popped up.
Mainly it’s because I don’t take my phone often but he always has his phones with him so if we crashed I could use his to seek assistance.

Lauren83 · 11/06/2019 08:07

DP knows mine as it's the same as my bank card, I don't know his and have no interest to, he would tell me if I asked though

ChilliMum · 11/06/2019 08:09

No but only because like some pp I can't remember it. I already have to remember all our log ins and passwords for household stuff plus all the kids codes and passwords I have no more memory space!!

Dd knows it though as she often djs in the car from dh phone and he would tell me what it is if I asked.

He knows mine.

Barnabyboy · 11/06/2019 08:09

Yes and he has Face ID on mine as well. We trust each other though and never snoop

MrsKCastle · 11/06/2019 08:10

Yes, we know each other's. I very rarely use his, but would do so if mine was out of charge, or if I couldn't find mine and wanted to call and make it ring.

foreverhanging · 11/06/2019 08:11

I know it. If he's driving and wants me to respond to someone I do. I don't snoop. I wouldn't find anything anyway.

tinytemper66 · 11/06/2019 08:11

Yes and he knows mine but we rarely look at each other's phones.

Isatis · 11/06/2019 08:12

I know his because he's an idiot and has a code that's ridiculously easy to remember or even to guess at. I have told him mine in the past but I strongly doubt that he remembers it because, well, it isn't easy to remember.

malovitt · 11/06/2019 08:15

I know his but he doesn't know mine. My friends sometimes text with quite personal stuff and those messages are for my eyes only. He definitely wouldn't snoop but I think looking through someone else's phone is akin to reading their mail or diary.

Minniemagoo · 11/06/2019 08:15

Yes, when my Dad got ill and subsequently died my mother didnt know his phone password and had no way of getting his work numbers to inform them. It took me and Dh a lot of ringing around a large company (with a crap customer service line) trying to find his boss. As it happens his boss rang his mobile as we were doing this and we could answer but it would have been so much easier if we had been able to use his phone and ring his bosses mobile.
I don't snoop but it's handy to know.

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