One in Five Men have Secret Email Account
Millions of men have been found to keep an old email account to correspond with ex-girlfriends or people their partner doesn’t like.
Unfortunately, 10 per cent of those men have set up accounts specifically in order to have an affair. One in 20 men even admitted to keeping an extra mobile phone handy to ensure secrecy.
The common reasons for men to keep a secret email account were due to financial reasons but also as an opportunity to flirt with female friends.
Some men might not have a second phone but 77 per cent said that they would regularly delete texts in case their wife/girlfriend went snooping.
Mike Hodges, COO at BullGuard who conducted the survey, said, “Of course there are legitimate security concerns that might involve someone setting up a second email address, or clearing browser history.
“We would hope that in most cases this is being done for moral reasons- for example to help avoid phishing scams- and not because people are being unfaithful or up to no good.
“Many people use a secondary email account when registering for casual activities such as hobbies and interests, with a primary email account used for more important tasks such as online banking and online shopping.
“Naturally we all have details that we want to keep private but we are all guilty of accidentally leaving our phones around haphazardly whether it’s at home, in the office or even on public transport.
“If your mobile phone were to be stolen, you never know who could end up with your personal and confidential information.”
Out of those who keep their emails hush-hush, 20 per cent simply said that there are certain things their partner doesn’t need to know.
It seems men might be right to keep certain things to themselves as more than 5 per cent of men have been dumped because of something incriminating on their phone.
Despite this, only 25 per cent of men said they would be left red faced by what was on their Google history.
A crafty one in four men use a plethora of different passwords to their email accounts and social networking sites to try and deceive the lady in their life.
Nearly a quarter admitted they had content in their inbox that they wouldn’t want their partner to see, with confirmation of purchases being the main reason.
Although a third said they had flirty emails stored that they need to keep under wraps, while one in seven had to cleanse their inbox of pictures of them and an ex-partner.
Another reason men wanted to keep their emails a secret is due to the fact that they often email their male friends about relationship problems – something they don’t want their other half to see.
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Cara Mason
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