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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.

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Chancewouldbeafinethlng · 11/06/2019 09:21

No I can never remember the pattern. He’s shown me loads of times but it never sticks.
Not sure if he knows mine.

Frownette · 11/06/2019 09:22

Neither of us have ever discussed it or checked each other's phone (don't think he's checked mine!). I'm not bothered about seeing his phone but as far as I'm concerned mine is private because if my friends say something about their personal life then it should be private.

Aussiebean · 11/06/2019 09:27

Yes. But haven’t looked.

I think those that do suddenly look have good reason.

Those that constantly look without cause have a problem

Fraxion · 11/06/2019 09:31

I know his as I’m the IT department in this house. I do all the upgrades, sort glitches, make sure they back up etc.

Same here. He knows mine too, nothing to hide and I wouldn't dream of looking through his phone or him mine. We both have face ID with passcode backup. We both use the same passcode.

TheVelvetOnion · 11/06/2019 09:31

We both have the same password out of sheer laziness Grin It doesn't mean to say we look through each other's phones though. I've no reason to snoop on his and he's no interest in going through mine either.

I would if I had to though Wink but hopefully that never has to happen.

FizzyGreenWater · 11/06/2019 09:31

Yes. He should know mine but I bet he can't remember it!

SamStephens · 11/06/2019 09:34

Yes and we both have each other’s thumbprints installed for easier access.

I used to know with my exH and the day I realised he had changed it was the same day he told me he wasn’t “happy” anymore and I moved out and he promptly moved in with the OW and they’re now married.

I don’t use my husbands phone to snoop but to pay his phonebill via the app and help him email timesheets to work as he’s technologically inept. If that changed suddenly I’d be worried.

BlackPrism · 11/06/2019 09:34

We have the same one so yeah

butteryellow · 11/06/2019 09:39

Yes, we both know each others (and can generally guess passwords, since we each have our own schemes). I think I've got his email account on my phone too.

I don't know his work ones, because that would be a breach of his contract, but if I wanted to I could unlock his laptop/ipad and look through there I suppose.

I think it's normal to know, but also normal to not ever feel the need to look - it's just for emergencies really (you know - like he's in the bathroom, receives a text and decides he wants me to read it out and reply for him... that kind of 'emergency')

IAmAlwaysLikeThis · 11/06/2019 09:40

We know each other's and just use whichever phone is closest sometimes.

JurassicGirl · 11/06/2019 09:42

I know my dh's phone passcode, his pin number, email address password etc.

I've never snooped.

He knows all of mine as well & I don't think he's snooped on me either.

frenchonion · 11/06/2019 09:46

I should know it as DP tells me it all the time, so I can put a song on Spotify etc. but I never remember it. I have to ask each and every time! I've finally remembered his computer password though after having been told it eighty billion times. I don't know if he knows mine. His kids do!

MotherOfTheNoise · 11/06/2019 09:47

In theory we know each other's, but in reality we can only just about remember our own passcodes 😂 we have a shared laptop though. We would have no problem answering calls or reading out messages though. Don't snoop, but he's welcome too...he's get bored within 5 minutes!!

MephistophelesApprentice · 11/06/2019 09:48

She knows mine, I know hers.

But we're a weird couple. We also have location sharing on all the time and a non-standard approach to monogamy, so snooping is never really necessary.

OhLookHeKickedTheBall · 11/06/2019 09:52

He knows my phone and pad pin codes. He's told me his but I can't remember, but if I called now then he'd tell me. I also know many of his account passwords as I'm the person who runs the household finances/bill paying/etc but the accounts are mainly in his name as they transferred from when he owned his own flat before we bought together. He doesn't know any of mine, but if he needed them I'd give them to him too.

Rainbowknickers · 11/06/2019 09:55

Yes and the only time I check it is to check the time if it’s closest to me
I’d never go though it
He knows mine-mine is his old phone

HulksPurplePanties · 11/06/2019 09:56

We have both told each other ours multiple times, but we are both incapable of remembering the others for longer than a millisecond.

Luckily, we both have facial recognition on our phones, so if I want something on his phone, or vice versa, we wave the phone in front of the others face.

Neither of us snoop, but we're pretty dull so there's nothing to snoop.

Daffodil2018 · 11/06/2019 09:56

Yes, we know each other's, but if we ever want to use the other person's phone (eg to look something up quickly) we always ask first.

ChesterDrawsDoesntExist · 11/06/2019 09:58

I know my DH's and my fingerprint is listed on his iPhone and I'm pretty sure he knows mine. We don't snoop.

That being said, I do hope he never comes on and snoops my threads on mumsnet. He wouldn't like to hear what I think of my in-laws 😂

BarryBarryTaylor · 11/06/2019 10:00

We both have iPhone XR and they are face recognition and password so I don’t think I could get in if I wanted to!
We do have a Mac computer though and both our emails and messages pop up on there so if we really wanted to snoop we probably could.

Sarahjconnor · 11/06/2019 10:03

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LoubyLou1234 · 11/06/2019 10:04

I know it but never touch his phone tbh. He knows mine too but doesn't look at mine either.

user1479305498 · 11/06/2019 10:07

Yes, but I didn’t until I found about about a very old emotional affair, I wish I had known as was suspicious at the time

IGottaSeeJane · 11/06/2019 10:11

Yes, I know DW's and she knows mine.

AlexaShutUp · 11/06/2019 10:16

I know his. I never snoop because I trust him, but occasionally he has asked me to go into his phone for stuff when he hasn't been able to do it himself.

I don't really have any secrets so wouldn't mind him knowing mine but don't think he does - the need has never arisen.

Eagle-eyed dd knows everyone's! Grin

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