Do you know your OH phone passwords?

[Wolfie26]

I was just wondering if other people know their partner's phone passwords? My partner (together 4 years) knows mine but I don't know his. He uses his thumb print to unlock his phone and when we spoke about it recently (after he received some slightly odd texts from another woman) he made noises about how he didn't have a password on it because of this. I have Face ID on my phone but I still had to set up a back up password.

Do most people tend to know their partner's password? I don't want to snoop through his phone but not knowing makes me wonder if there is something to hide or if I just need to trust him more.

Both know each other's just from using each other's for silly things like maps in the car etc! Would never go through his personal messages etc and he would never go through mine!

Yes and we have Face ID as well. If something happened to either of us I’d like to be able to get into his phone or vice versa

We both have the same passcode. We both dont have the need to snoop as we fully trust each other but it's useful if we want to quickly access each others phones e.g picking a song when the other one is driving etc

Yes but we kind of use our phones interchangeably, it's not to check up on each other.

We also use the same passcode, DH just set his up to the same as mine way back when he first got an iPhone.

Yep, for most things. We quite often use each others phones if the other is charging etc

Yes we know each other's. Sometimes it's useful to access each other's phones (Feb if you can't find yore's or partner is driving etc etc) And your partner is lying to you as he will need a code as a backup.

I don't know his, but he knows mine. He only knows mine for practicalities like when i'm driving and get messages etc.. would never think to go on it any other time

Yes, but then we both use the same (individual) passwords and codes for everything

My phone is fingerprint but also has a 9 dotted square that you slide a shape to unlock it if you are wearing gloves or fingerprint doesn't work

We both know how to open each other's phone, share iPad and desktop so completely open with each other

We know each other's. I don't snoop on his phone and I very much doubt he snoops in mine. I often ask him to go into my phone and reply to texts, out music on, maps on, etc while I'm driving and vise versa. Not everyone feels the need to know their other half pin which is totally fine but I would feel suspicious if my other half was actively lying to ensure I couldn't access his phone which is what your husband is doing.

Ours are both thumbprint but have a pin code option too. We know each other’s because we sometimes use the other phone if it’s closer or the other is driving and wants something checking or whatever.

If he’s cagey about it after receiving dodgy messages then that doesn’t sound at all good.

I picked up DH's phone the other day to use find iPhone to look for mine and my thumb unlocked it. I think I must have put my thumbprint in when I was helping him set it up. He said, "Oh you can unlock it?" so I said apparently so and told him to take it off if he wanted to. His reply was "Nah it's fine. Doesn't bother me" and shrugged. I think he has a print on mine but he does know the code (if he's not forgotten)

I don't think it's untrusting to have password to each other's phones, but not necessary either. It's tricky. If he was to say I couldn't have access then I'd be suspicious but I'd be wrong to use it if I had it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

No, don’t feel the need to stop or give him no privacy. I’d feel very controlled if DH wanted access to my personal tech.

If there is a need to check then the relationship will have other issues.

after he received some slightly odd texts from another woman

Are you worried enough to want to check?

Yes, we both know each other’s.
His has face recognition but you can still access with a password. Prior to face recognition his was thumbprint but again the password option came up as well.

Yes and he knows mine. Just one of those things, I occasionally use his and vice versa of the other persons battery has dies etc.

He also has thumbprint recognition as do i, but it makes it easier knowing each other's codes l.

Neither of us have codes here.

DP has given me his password when he’s needed me to check something on his phone.

Don’t remember it.

I think so although I've never actually tried. Ive told him mine but he's probably forgot it. I think we both have our thumbprints on each other's phone though from when we first got them. I sometimes use his phone if I don't have mine or to look at photos he's taken of the children but he usually unlocks it first with his thumbprint. I have a couple of family members who would never let their partner have access to their phone. I don't think they are up to anything, they just keep things separate. Each to their own I guess.

Yes, although thinking about it DH may not know the one for my new phone. You always have to have a back up code or pattern for fingerprint. You can also add a second finger print.

We know each other's.

I have never read his messages and doubt he has ever gone through mine.

I do have a very close male friend and I never delete his messages in case DH ever felt insecure and wanted to look through them but I don't think he ever has.

For me It's like bank accounts. Some people are happy just having a joint one and some people prefer to keep things more separate. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with either as long as you are on the same page.

We both know each other's, and he has his face as a back up on my Face ID, I have a fingerprint on his.

Not for snooping, though, we just use each other's tech! We're quite open.

Even the playing field and change yours in that case.

Yup fingerprint on all the family phones for us both. Total access to all passwords. Share a password app.