Work Phones

[LadyDowagerHatt]

Are work phones in some organisations (emergency services) closely monitored by keystroke? And would action be taken if there is evidence of a personal/intimate relationship even if that person is not in the same organisation. The person in question is fairly senior if that make a difference.

I find this hard to believe but my DH maintains this is the case and this is the reason why I should believe him that there were no incriminating texts on his work phone. Back story is I found out about his affair, he was transparent with his home phone in the aftermath in an attempt to re-build our marriage but 5 months later he wouldn’t let me see his work phone (I had never tried to previously, just saw him with it one night and something didn’t feel right so I asked to see it).

No, he's lying.

His work phone is probably dual sim.

mikeuniformmike what does that mean?

OP, the only time a phone would be monitored to that extent would be if there was a police investigation. I used to work in IT security, the only time we had police involvement was when it was a v serious matter, think child endangerment or serious fraud. They'd not bother with an office affair even if it was inappropriate

The phone has two sim cards, so it has two numbers.
One for work and one for personal use.
Look up the model.

A work one is quite likely to have that so you only need to carry the one device.

He probably has a safe phone for your calls and messages, and the work phone.

Sounds like a load of shash to me.

I would be alert from this point forward, definitely.

Can you get a glance at his work phone at all? I don't normally advocate snooping but the nonsense he came out with would make me so suspicious.

IME in public sector, work phones should not be used for private calls, unless doing an overnight at somewhere where you can't get a signal on your own phone. Then when the bill comes in, you reimburse them at a specific rate. You have the opportunity to check the billl and confirm it,and then it gets checked again by finance. However we could not put Whats App on the work phones but other organisations might be different.
My guess is the "work phone" might be another personal phone.

The dual sims mean that one sim is billed to the employer and the private sim is the phone user's own.

The employer doesn't need to know about the private sim.

If he cares about his relationship and isn't doing anything wrong, why would he not want to show you if it would put your mind at rest?

The fact he won't show you "because work are monitoring his personal relationships anyway" sounds like bollocks.

Sorry OP .

It sounds like bullshit to me.

Our are logged every web page and presume emails number i send text to are logged but not the content of them.

I'd say, definitely not in the public sector, but the private sector gets up to all kinds of stuff it shouldn't, frankly, so that system could be in place. Engineering/building firms like to keep track on who's talking to who just in case any materials (like £10,000+ for example) suddenly get "disappeared".

So it's possible he's telling the truth.

I'm sorry OP. It sounds like he thinks he can play you. How awful.

If he's telling the truth why not let her see?

Police are known for shagging around. I lived with one for 5 years and his trousers had a great habit of falling down around his ankles when he was in the presence of female colleagues who also happened to be naked. They also know how to manipulate everything to get what they want - it's what they are trained to do in interviews. My ex was also fairly high up in his force. The higher up they are, the better they are at covering their tracks.

So sorry OP. He's lying to you and taking you for a fool

I work in the public sector and as far as I know there is no surveillance of mobile phones, other than perhaps excess useage. The only thing I can think of is perhaps if it was a phone used in connection with emergency response for ambulance, police etc, where activity had to be recorded, but I am just guessing there. It does sound far fetched.