My Mom Can See My IPhone Internet History

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So anyways my mom and I were at my grandparents house for a couple of days to visit. And as we were driving home, I asked my mom if I could see her iPhone so we could listen to some music. So I got her iPhone and I hit the new tab button and after scrolling through all of her tabs, I saw a list full of internet tabs that were open up in my iPhone. I was like wtf, why is my internet history on her iPhone.

I am so f*****g pissed off right now, I literally had to control my anger for the rest of the 2 hours we were driving. Why would she do this to me?! Does she think that it is okay to view what I am looking at?! Hell no! it's not, im a grown ass man and I don't want f*****g nosy parents knowing what I look at. I feel betrayed and it hurts because my mom went behind my back and she probably knew everything I was doing on my iPhone. I'm already super paranoid all of the time and the last thing I need is to feel extra paranoid. I'm so tired of super nosy parents having to know everything, I want to be free and be myself without my parents being in the way of everything.

She has no business doing that. Have you spoken to her about it?

I certainly do not think that's okay. That is none of her business and it's a complete invasion of your privacy. I think that you should discuss this situation with her and let her know that it made you very upset, and maybe ask for her reasons of why she might've done it.

~ Hilary ~

Your mum was way out of line to do that.

Why does your mom have access to your Iphone? Is she the one it is billed to? Perhaps it is time to think about getting your own phone with your name on the bill so no one else can access it without your permission...IDK, sort of confused how she'd have access unless its technically her account or something as in she's the actual owner of the plan your on.

If your phone is on an account in her name, then she has every right to know which websites are being browsed on her account.

If you want better privacy, get a phone and an account of your very own, and in your name only.

But even if they are on the same plan, it's still a bit creepy that she would snoop like that.

To the best of my knowledge, if you are the owner of an account you still cannot see what another phone, using a different phone number, is browsing.

Unless you have a spyware program installed on it. These are available legally and they are normally used by parents who want to keep watch over the content their children access over their phones. To use those, the person has to not only download the app but also activate it with the cellphone company paying a monthly fee for that.

So, the question is... why is your mother using such a program? Or could it be she had it on your phone since before you were 18 and the service just stayed on? Either way, you need to CALMLY ask her why.

Hate to tell you, men pay their own phone bills.

I have friends who do this on their kid's phones and they are older than you. Mostly because the young adult has done some bone headed things, and the parent's name is on the account.

An iPhone isn't a right. I would not get really chippy with your mother unless you can open an account with your own name.

Work around is a pay as you go phone. Virgin mobile is good, and they have iPhones.

The rule with my daughter is she can have a phone, (she's 11) but she can't clear out the history cache. I haven't put spy ware because I haven't need to.

If she was 20? Depends. Going to school, working hard, hustling jobs, keeping away from stupidity that needs me to bale her out, I'd still pay for her phone. If she's doing crap that causes issues with the law, she can pay for her own phone.

What's been going down that your parents had a burning need for spyware? I'll be honest, I'd pull the iPhone and give you a *phone* if I felt like I had to mess with spyware. Too much drama, too much aggravation.

I'm so glad I'm not 20 anymore. When I was 20, we were adults. Now it's like 20 is the new 15. That has to suck.

Good luck addressing this. I hope she forgot it was on the phone and now will pull it off, especially if you have never really gave her a good reason to have it in the first place.

You have a golden opportunity to launch a disinformation campaign. Troll the s**t out of her. If she's paying the bill, she's in the right to snoop your history, but that doesn't mean you can't make her wade through gigabytes of furry porn (or whatever) in order to get that information.

yah iv'e been trolling my mom after I found out that she has access to my browsing history. Like I put in my google search how to tell your parents you got a girl pregnant. My mom is going to be shocked when she reads that.

Nice!

I kind of wonder if she's commonly done things like this in the past, I mean I guess I figure if I knew my mother was that nosy I'd see too it she does not have access to any of my information whatsoever....if you have a snooping parent why wouldn't they snoop as to what you're doing online if they own the account and are able to see it?

My Mom is snoopy. Lol. She goes through my stuff in front of me. And I think she follows my posts here.
Darkphantomx1, she probably is just worrying. Mom's are like that. Give her a scare, but talk to her too.

Is the I-phone your property? Like the phone is specifically in your name?....as for the plan your on, I imagine its a monthly plan are you paying for that or is your mom.....if you depend on your mom to pay your I-phone bill trying to piss her off by browsing things you think she'd dislike or get freaked out at might not be the best way to go about this, might make her less willing to continue paying for it. May be better to just talk to her about it...be clear about why it makes you angry and you feel it violates your privacy and make sure she's even doing it intentionally to begin with...I don't know anything about I-phones but is there any chance all phones on the account share browsing history? I guess if it were me I'd just want to be certain its intentional and not a tech issue or something but maybe you can tell that as I said I know nothing about I-phones exect I dont want one.

Now if this is your I-phone, your cell-phone plan.....all in your name that you are paying for, then I'd say she's acting illegally as there is no legal way I know she could access any of your information...Has she monitered your online activity/phone activity for any actual reason in the past like you somehow proving yourself not to be trusted? Or is this something she's just doing all the sudden?

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Yah my mom and I do share the same account. I'm pretty sure she can only view the tabs I currently have open, maybe she can search my whole history which would be 100 times worse. I don't want my parents finding out about my gay porn collection. nah jk I don't do that stuff.

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