SMARTPHONES hold a treasure trove of data that cheating partners will do everything in their power to keep hidden.
I should know, as I caught an ex messaging other guys through a series of sneaky app protections despite his best attempts to keep it all a secret.
I saw a load of telling signs on my ex-partner’s own Instagram[/caption]
Of all the digital spaces that fed into my concerns during that time, Instagram was high up there.
I saw too many people liking my partners photos and overly flirty comments written on them too.
It did make me wonder, is my partner doing the same on other people’s profiles?
There are a number of hidden settings on Instagram that can reveal all that and more.
However, raiding through a partner’s phone is a breach of trust and technically it’s illegal too.
Instagram activity
On the settings page there’s an activity option which can show all the likes and comments from an account.
Tap each and a full lowdown appears, starting from the most recent.
There are even toggles to set date range, so people can go back to specific dates.
And a Filter by Author drop down shows every single like the account has made for that individual’s account too.
SECRETS BEHIND THE HIDDEN CALCULATOR APP
By Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor
After a number of suspicious incidents I did some digging on my partner’s iPhone a few years ago, despite the risk.
It’s not something I’m proud of but sometimes you have to trust your gut.
I had heard that some dating apps allow you to disguise the icon as a calculator.
What a genius idea – no one would think to tap on an innocent, boring calculator icon.
So, I took the plunge and sure enough there was a fake calculator which opened up a dizzying number of saucy messages and unspeakable pics.
Hidden photo tags
Photo tagging is another forgotten feature love rats need to careful of.
Cheats that want to keep quiet about an outing they shouldn’t be doing won’t approve photo tags.
And some people simply don’t know that this feature even exists.
Under the tag requests option, there’s all the photos that have been left unapproved for tagging onto the user’s profile page.
This is found under the tags option from the menu, followed by pending tags to see.
Elsewhere, anything that’s been searched in the main search bar is visible too.
All anyone has to do is tap the Recent Searches button.
GOOGLE MAPS LOCATIONS EXPOSED
Who doesn’t use Google Maps to get around?
There’s a Timeline feature that remembers all the locations you’ve entered – unless you delete them.
Anyone with access to your phone can even navigate through it by day to check specific dates.
It’s all on the You tab at the bottom of the Google Maps app.
Under Timeline, anyone can explore through the dates.
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