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Secretly searching through a partner's messages may temporarily reduce uncertainty, but surveillance can become a relationship problem itself.
Research has linked problematic partner monitoring and digital boundary violations with jealousy, conflict, and lower relationship quality.
Healthy couples can have different preferences about phone privacy, so expectations are better discussed rather than assumed.
Having nothing to hide doesn't automatically mean someone has no right to personal boundaries.
Trust and unrestricted access aren't the same thing.
© Pew Research Center