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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:
Deadringer · 11/06/2019 10:20

No I don't know my dh's password. I have never used his phone but I assume he would tell me if I needed to. It's just not an issue.

Campurp · 11/06/2019 10:23

Yup. We'll use the others phone if it's nearer but we each have our privacy and would never go snooping... that's just weird.
You can have privacy and still have the passwords to each others devices.

TheFaerieQueene · 11/06/2019 10:25

Yes we know each other’s pins and passwords for other stuff too. Neither of us snoop and neither have anything to hide!

LimitIsUp · 11/06/2019 10:26

He did tell me his passcode but I have forgotten it

wendywoopywoo222 · 11/06/2019 10:26

Yes we know each other's and use each other's phones sometimes usually when one of us is driving. I would never snoop on his and I'm confident he wouldn't on mine. He would be bored to death if he did.

Teddybear45 · 11/06/2019 10:27

I know his but he doesn’t know mine. Mainly because he forgets his and so chose a 4 digit one while I have more complicated passwords that age monthly (side-effect from working in technology). As he kept forgetting them when I told him (or worse tried to write them down) I don’t bother telling him now!

Orlandointhewilderness · 11/06/2019 10:30

He did tell me but I've completely forgotten it! Same with mine I expect. I wouldn't dream of going through his phone.

WaitrosePigeon · 11/06/2019 10:32

We have the same code. We use each other’s if one is closer.

Aragog · 11/06/2019 10:33

Yes we know each other's. We know each other's PIN numbers, and various other passwords.

With phones it is useful to know in case of emergency, or should the worse happen, and having phone access as many phone companies won't be able to help you. Or at least know where or how you could find out.

We don't have them to snoop but may use each other's phone or tablet if they happen to the closest and it's just a quick 'can you find out what ...' type thing. But that's with each other's permission well in advance. We don't go through each other's messages and emails, etc.

Fraxion · 11/06/2019 10:33

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've got the Max and you don't need to use face recognition and the password to get in. I just use the password anytime I need use my husband's phone

Kelsoooo · 11/06/2019 10:39

Nope, I don't have either of his and him neither of mine (or my iPads).

Fuck all to do with trust. We don't use each others phones full stop. None of this "using his to take a photo" malarkey. We have boundaries, his stuff is his, mine is mine. We'll pass each other our phone/tablet to show a photo, but more likely to WhatsApp it across, cause we're lazy.

I've major boundaries regarding privacy. And he's the same.

Also, we just see no need to have each others. Our life insurance and stuff is in the safe, so no need to access emails. And we both know each others head office numbers in case of an emergency.

Booboo66 · 11/06/2019 10:40

I've honestly never thought to ask, his is facial recognition and mines a thumb print anyway but I dont feel any need to go in to his phone

RiversDisguise · 11/06/2019 10:43

I don't snoop but could. Same vice versa.

mindutopia · 11/06/2019 10:48

I do, only because it's the same as his bank card PIN. He's not very inventive and has used the same PIN since he was probably 18. He has told it to me before in order to access things on his phone for him. I have never had any reason or desire to snoop though. My phone isn't password protected because I have nothing on there that needs that level of security and I can't really be bothered.

NetballHoop · 11/06/2019 10:51

Yes.

We have a spreadsheet (encrypted and passworded) with all our logins and passwords for Netflix, Spotify, phones, banks, email accounts etc.

We'd never be able to log into anything without it as we're both pretty useless at remembering log ins.

RantyAnty · 11/06/2019 11:03

We never used to have passwords on our pcs phones. We knew each others bank card pins etc.

It all changed when he started cheating. He locked everything down.

Mystraightenersarebroken · 11/06/2019 11:04

Never in five years needed to use each other's phones so, no. Maybe we're just good at keeping our phones charged and not losing or forgetting them?

DiscontinuedModelHusband · 11/06/2019 11:38

DW knows mine, though she says she doesn't (even though it's not changed for about 3 years).
She also has her fingerprint saved.

I think she checks from time to time.

I don't know hers.
She says she's told me before, but she hasn't.

Fedoratheexploreer · 11/06/2019 11:39

Yes, but never go on each other’s phones other than to take pics of the kids if that phone is closer

sleepymouse · 11/06/2019 11:45

Yes, I know his and vice versa. Both my and DH's phone have fingerprint to unlock, but we know the code to unlock. I'm pretty sure there's no looking though, I've certainly never looked through his phone and it's often just lying around the house. Similarly the PC when logged in will automatically go to DH's email. I don't snoop but more so find it annoying when I try to get into emails I need to log out of his each time

crispysausagerolls · 11/06/2019 11:45

Yes, both have codes and thumbprints. Also know passwords for all different accounts such as emails as I often end up acting as his PA and responding to things on his behalf/he needs access to print things for me at work.

Backwoodsgirl · 11/06/2019 11:45

We can open each others with fingerprints, and we know each other passcodes, PIN numbers and other passwords.

ScatteredMama82 · 11/06/2019 11:47

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 Yep!

Mumofone25391 · 11/06/2019 11:48

Mine is our sons birthday and he often unlocks my phone and goes on it to read the flipping daily mail when his phones too far away Angry he's shown me his but it's a swipe pattern so I always forget it

theemmadilemma · 11/06/2019 11:48

I know his is the same as his PIN, but I can never remember either. Not that I care.

He knows mine, but might need reminding of it.

We don't tend to borrow each others phones really, he's android and I'm iphone so we just don't like each others.

Not at all concerned.

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