Would you spy on your husband’s text messages? How about your child’s emails? A new survey from Retrevo found that a surprising number of people snoop on their loved ones.
In the survey:
30% of men and 35% of women responded "yes", when asked if they have ever checked the email or call history of someone they were dating without them knowing
32% of men, and 41% of women reported checking their spouses or partner's email, or call history without them knowing
When asked if they had ever checked their child's email or call history without them knowing, 36% of men, and 39% of women said "yes"
And helicopter parents - print and frame these stats for the next argument at your house - when parents were asked specifically if they would track their teenagers whereabouts using technology, 64% of moms and 53% of dads confirmed they would.
All of these numbers have gone up slightly since last year, but I'm not really shocked by any of them. I think when the Geekling is of age, I'll be keeping my eyes on his technology usage pretty closely. I think I'd draw the line at using a GPS app to track his every movement, but call me crazy, for some reason the idea of doing it actually doesn't seem that wrong to me. If he was going somewhere I wasn't familiar with, or with people I wasn't sure of, you can be sure I'd be using whatever I could to make sure he's safe.
So - fess up - have you snooped on your husband or kids text messages or emails? Would you track their whereabouts with an app on their phone, or would you be afraid of what you might find out?
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