QOTD #00072: PHONE PRIVACY
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Beatrice H
Girlboss
Girlboss
Throw the evidence in their face
"So I'm a huge believer in the idea of, like, 'don't ask for things that you don't want to know the answer to,' and I think if you're looking through someone's phone, you are just looking for trouble. However, if you think they're cheating on you, it is pretty iconic to go through and, like, screenshot and print out the receipts so that when you confront them, you can, like, throw the receipts in their face and then, like, leave. Icon behavior."
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victoriagargiulo
Cranford, NJ
Cranford, NJ
For a surprise party - justified
"I think snooping through someone's phone can be justified depending on the situation. For example, I threw my mother a surprise 60th birthday party, and I just did a quick little peep through her messages to be sure that nobody mentioned the party when I texted her for her birthday."
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Phoebe
Your honor, im slaying
Your honor, im slaying
Snoop a phone to save a life
"I think it's important to go through someone's phone, like, only in the event that either they're missing and you have their phone and you're trying to figure out where they are or what happened to them, or if you don't know them but they were in some sort of accident or emergency situation and can't identify themselves to you. So I read this thing on the Internet that says that you should always put your emergency contact, put what their relationship to you is in their name. So you could have, like, their name and then 'husband' or 'partner' or 'wife' or something like that, so that if you can't speak for yourself in some emergency situation, someone else can go through your phone, find them and call them. Um, so yeah, I don't think snooping just to, like, try and get information out of someone is ever right, um, but in emergency instances like that, I think going through someone's phone can be super crucial."
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PANZERSaturn
Video editor Longview TX
Video editor Longview TX
When the trust is gone, end it and go on
"I wouldn't say it's justified to snoop through so anyone's phone 'cuz that's their personal business at the end of the day. So, it basically comes from a place of knowing that - having security in that relationship, and I feel like whenever you've - whenever that trust is breached, that's when it may feel justified in the moment to go through someone's phone, but I don't think it's justified. If it gets to a point where you don't trust your significant other or who you're with at the time, just end it right there and go on about your day."
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ilsathejoe
Chicago
Chicago
When crime calls, you can snoop
"Um, it is justified to snoop through someone's phone when they go missing. I think that that's absolutely justified. You wanna find your friend, right? If you're talking about, like, in relationships or something, I mean, just leave that person because you're not gonna like what you you find. If you feel the need to look through someone's phone, then you don't trust that person, so just don't be with that person. Um, but in any case of like crime or something, then yeah, absolutely snoop through someone's phone."
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ill options
Earth, The Milky Way
Earth, The Milky Way
Invasion of privacy is a no-no... no
"Is it ever justified to look through someone's phone? I mean, look - Me, would I do it? Ab-so-lutely not. I think it's invasion of privacy. Your phone's like your personal diary these days, stores all your conversation. It's even worse because it stores every conversation you have ever, ever ever. You would know everything about someone looking through their phone, almost guaranteed. So would I do it? Absolutely not. No. No, we should not do that. No, no, no."
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Hauke.
Cinematographer
Cinematographer
Don't look through people's phones! Okay, sometimes
"'Is it ever justified to snoop through somebody's phone, and have you ever done it?' I'd say, in large part, no, you shouldn't really do this unless there's like a really good reason why, um, you know, whether you think someone's in danger, you know, I guess if you guys have that kind of relationship where you have open open phones with each other, I I guess then that would be another point. Have I done it? Uh, yeah, a couple of times, and it I think they were pretty reasonable circumstances but, you know, that's me saying it. So, um, yeah, I I'd I'd say for the most part, no, but in some gray areas, do it."
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Enrique E
Content Creator
Content Creator
Honestly, ask before you peek
"Is it ever justified to snoop through someone else's phone? Have I ever done it? Personally, being honest, I have done it. Is it justified? Honestly, not really. I believe we do have our right to our own privacy. That has to do with our phones as well. And if you're really curious about something and/or want to know the answer of something that's bothering you, just ask them."
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allofyoush
Mddle of nowhere, PA
Mddle of nowhere, PA
Snooping through phones isn't my thing
"You always hear that it's justified to snoop through someone's phone. Like, if you suspect them of cheating, I feel like maybe you should communicate with them beforehand, and then if you still suspect, maybe, or if you suspect that they've taken pictures of you that you don't want them to. Other than that, no, not really. I haven't actually gone through someone else's phone - um, invasion of privacy, all that. Everyone's curious, obviously, but I haven't done it, um, and if I were, maybe I would do it if I were afraid of them hurting themselves and I would want to find, like, evidence of that. Like, if they wrote something down. I don't even know. If I were afraid of someone cheating on me, I would just ask them, and if I still suspected, maybe, but even then I feel like that's not my kind of thing, you know?"
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FreddieColton
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Don't push the line on privacy
"I don't generally think it's very justified to snoop through anyone's phone. Um, you know, maybe in the case of a cheating spouse, but even then it's a little bit of a a thin line. I've never personally done it. I really hate when people, you know, try to barge into my privacy or if if anyone were to try to look at my phone, so I definitely would not do that to someone else. But, you know, I can see someone justifying it for themselves as not a big deal."
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Zach A
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Am I a snooper? Probably
"I'm only saying it's not justified because I don't want people looking in my phone. I - What's on my phone is for my phone and me only, and have I ever done it? Probably. Will I ever do it again? Maybe. Yeah."
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bartkraning
I love gold.
I love gold.
Can't say I care to peek
"It is probably justified some point going through someone's phone. Can't say that I've done it. I just don't care enough. I don't know. It's probably why I'm still single."
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