Is your spouse using any of these VERY common apps? Then it's time to worry about cheating, writes LIBBY GALVIN
Is your spouse using any of these VERY common apps? Then it's time to worry about cheating, writes LIBBY GALVIN
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You may think your spouse would never cheat on you. But with one in five Britons admitting to having had an affair, the odds are higher than you might like. One sign your partner is straying is that they suddenly become overprotective of their phone. But while your average affair might be uncovered by sneaking a look at their texts, a tech-savvy cheat will likely have worked out how to hide their infidelity in plain sight.
![[Signal is similar to WhatsApp – but more secure. It uses fingerprint or password verification and features self-destructing or disappearing messages that can be set to delete from both parties' devices after a time limit. Telegram is another private messaging option]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/16/94688555-14342983-image-m-63_1738253580577.jpg)
Aside from the obvious – such as Tinder or websites designed for those looking to have an affair, such as Ashley Madison and Gleeden – there are also a variety of cleverly disguised apps likely to be used by cheating spouses to keep their messages secret.
Here, we uncover some of the most common... There are a variety of cleverly disguised apps likely to be used by cheating spouses to keep their messages secret (picture posed by models). You may think that messaging app WhatsApp is innocuous enough - you probably both use it for group chats with friends and to send each other pictures of the kids.
But with a secret ‘locked chats’ function, your partner could be keeping certain conversations hidden away. The feature allows users to protect certain chats with a password or face recognition, and keeps them separate from other innocent conversations.
Even WhatsApp itself acknowledged how useful this feature is for cheaters, exclaiming in a blog post: ‘We think this feature will be great for people who have reason to share their phones from time to time with a family member or those moments where someone else is holding your phone at the exact moment an extra-special chat arrives.’.
