Spying on Spouses Goes High Tech

By Wendy Jaffe, Esq.

It seems like just yesterday when catching a cheating spouse meant long stake-outs parked in front of a suspected rendezvous spot for hours clutching your 35 millimeter film camera. No more. Today, suspicious spouses are going high-tech. They are tracking their spouses physical movements with GPS devices, and their computer movements with hidden spyware. The New York Sun recently ran a piece detailing the lengths spouses go to catch their loved one in the act.
One woman interviewed for the article, who stashed a GPS device on her soon to be ex-husband's car, credited the device for confirming that her husband was having an affair. She explained, "It's kind of like a MapQuest map-there's a star where you could see him. The addresses don't come up exact, but it was close enough to prove what I wanted to prove. That's how I established that he showed up at 7 at night and stayed til 7 in the morning." According to the "experts" in spousal spying, Valentine's Day and Christmas are prime dates for tracking a wandering spouse since a cheating spouse nearly always connects with their lover on those dates.

I have mixed feelings on spying on your spouse. What do you think?

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Some people suspect but have to know in order to move on. You can feel like you are imagining it unless you have evidence. Cheaters will never admit to cheating and will tell you that you are being nuts. It is easier to believe that you are paranoid than to believe that someone you love could cheat on you. If you can prove that you are not nuts, you can be free to make your decisions based on the truth.