A third of them said it's okay to "snoop through a significant other’s text messages, voicemails and email if ‘bad behavior’ is suspected." The younger folk were more in favor of this, with 36% of the 18-34 crowd and 40% of the 35-44 crowd giving snooping the thumbs up, and just 26% of Boomers (those over 55) approving of prying eyes (and fingers). More fuel for those that say the older generation cares more about privacy.
Ladies may be snoopier than men, with 37% of the women surveyed saying spying is okay if they are suspicious but only 29% of males agreeing. No one wants to be betrayed in a relationship, but being in love shouldn't require living in a surveillance state. Unless that's what you're into...
Suspicious Lover can be as bad as Big Brother. If your loved one is snoopy, keep your fingers crossed he or she doesn't take it to these lengths: A police officer in Connecticut sued his wife this summer, alleging that she put spyware on his computer to track his online activity, and then handed what she found over to his police department. The department then suspended Daniel Williams and threatened to fire him, as the computer records reflected "conduct unbecoming an officer, incompetence, violation of user rules of behavior, insubordination, and conducting personal business while on duty."
Williams chose not to include in his complaint what exactly his wife handed over that got him into such trouble, so you can just use your imagination.
