The real snoops are close to home, gathering electronic evidence. Of course, if you're not cheating, you don't have to worry.
The age-old business of breaking up has taken a decidedly Orwellian turn, with digital evidence like e-mail messages, traces of Web site visits and mobile telephone records now permeating many contentious divorce cases.
Spurned lovers steal each other’s BlackBerrys. Suspicious spouses hack into each other’s e-mail accounts. They load surveillance software onto the family PC, sometimes discovering shocking infidelities.
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“In just about every case now, to some extent, there is some electronic evidence,” said Gaetano Ferro, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, who also runs seminars on gathering electronic evidence. “It has completely changed our field.
Tell All PCs and Phones Transforming Divorce
At my most recent computer security meeting we had an attorney speak. One of the things he talked about (among the many) was the increasing prevalence of people "bugging" their spouse's computer looking for evidence of infidelity. Keystroke loggers (tiny devices that can be inserted between the keyboard-computer connection) are a BIG item and... they are illegal. It violates the wire tap laws. This is something many people don't seem to realize. They think since it's a computer, different rules apply.
People never cease to amaze me with the things they will do when it comes to divorce. Angry people do really really stupid things.
Posted by: Teresa at September 15, 2007 11:34 AMI read this article, too, and thought it was very creepy. With GPS in cell phones and in cars, we're all going to the place of zero privacy?
Posted by: MotherPie at September 16, 2007 3:03 PM