{"id":876,"date":"2009-03-05T21:58:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T20:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=876"},"modified":"2009-03-05T21:58:27","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T20:58:27","slug":"sharing-your-email-password-with-your-spousegirlfriendboyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/sharing-your-email-password-with-your-spousegirlfriendboyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing your email password with your spouse\/girlfriend\/boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moderating big IT forum is always fun as you get to see all sort of people asking questions that don’t really belong in there. Today we had a case of (probably a teenage) girl, who wanted to know how to hack into her boyfriends MSN account. He refused to share the password and chat logs with her. She took this as a huge trust issue from him and thought that he’s hiding something from here.<\/p>\n

While denying access and not talking about this afterwards is probably the worst way to handle this issue, I wanted to ask my Twitter followers about their opinion. The question was simple:<\/p>\n

Quick poll: do you think you need to share your email password with your spouse\/gf\/bf for a healthy relationship (and they with you)?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Feedback was not really surprising. A big no <\/strong>and it seems that they’d sooner break up the relationship than share their credentials.<\/p>\n

On a side note, this means that it’s probably easier to phish a password than get the other person to reveal it.<\/p>\n

I’m also sharing the answers as they’re fun to read:<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>b0j3<\/a>:<\/strong> Nope. No password sharing here.<\/span><\/p>\n
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about 25 minutes ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 20:06:43 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>ena2345<\/a>:<\/strong> au contraire, that would be highly unhealthy and somewhat creepy<\/span><\/p>\n
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about 27 minutes ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 20:04:50 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>simonbelak<\/a>:<\/strong> @gandalfar<\/a>: No. If anything it would create void problems. Ironically, the downfall wont come form a lack of trust but curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\n
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about 39 minutes ago<\/div>\n
2009-03-05T19:48:31Z<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>refaktor<\/a>:<\/strong> my wote: there is no “need to” in these things, you “can” though \ud83d\ude42 .. I don’ want to know email pwd of my wife..<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about an hour ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 18:37:29 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>gregorzalaznik<\/a>:<\/strong> Like everyone else said .. no fuckin way.. that’ just the opposite of a healthy relationship<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 2 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 17:51:32 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>samastur<\/a>:<\/strong> No, but I did a while ago anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 3 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:57:47 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>freeeky<\/a>:<\/strong> quick answer: nope. no. nein. nao. absolutely not. ….. humm, maybe that says smth abt me and my relationships \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 3 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:41:56 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>malcolmbastien<\/a>:<\/strong> No to the password question<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 3 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:36:06 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>ghosttie<\/a>:<\/strong> hell no, everyone needs privacy<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
\nabout 3 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:33:43 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>brianking<\/a>:<\/strong> nothing wrong with reading mail over shoulder, but why would thy need password?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 4 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:32:02 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>sasosketa<\/a>:<\/strong> not in a million years \ud83d\ude42 (I’ not trying to hide anything though)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 4 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:30:18 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>oxygenium<\/a>:<\/strong> no, no.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 4 hours ago<\/div>\n
Thu Mar 05 16:30:05 +0000 2009<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Cennydd<\/a>:<\/strong> @gandalfar<\/a> Categorically not. If they mistrusted me that much, it’ already over.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n
about 4 hours ago<\/div>\n
2009-03-05T16:29:44Z<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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