If you were having a cosy night in with your partner and suddenly the Tinder notification sound pinged off, you’d probably have something to say, right?
But if your partner had an inconspicuous app on their phone, you’d probably have no idea.
This is the unusual tactic some people are using now to store secret things within their phones, and it comes in the form of a ‘calculator app.’
Yes, some people are using a calculator app to cheat on their partners…their maths teachers would not approve.
It’s certainly easier for cowards to cover their tracks that way, as opposed to a dating app, which is much harder to hide.
The sneaky tactic was revealed by TikToker @nuggetonair, who explained that if you search your partner's phone for the calculator app and two appear, they could well be doing the dirty.
He warned: "If you're dating a guy and you go into his phone and type in the word calculator and he has two calculator apps, he's cheating on you."
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According to the TikToker, the extra calculator is often "a secret photo album for nudes.”
This app is available on both Apple and Android devices too, so nobody is safe from sneaky behaviour.
And, if we’re being completely honest, we doubt someone would go to the effort of downloading a whole app to conceal a proposal or a birthday present…but, we live in hope that someone will get a nice surprise.
The deceptive purpose of this app is even reflected in its name on the Apple store, where it’s labelled as a Calculator# Hide Photos Videos.
The app description reads: "It looks like a Calculator but it secretly hides your confidential Photos, Videos, Documents, Passwords, Notes, Contacts and To-Do's.
“It disguises itself as a Calculator to make it impossible for prying eyes and hackers from discovering it."
The app works by deleting the offending photographs and media from elsewhere on the device so they’re well and truly hidden inside.
And, if that wasn’t horrifying enough, if you happen to find the app and your partner is using an Android, the Google Play app has an even worse additional feature.
Calculator - Photo Vault comes with an ‘Intruder selfie’ taker, so if you put in the wrong password, the phone’s owner will know.
Thankfully, people on the internet are spreading awareness about this tactic all over social media, and not just TikTok.
One Twitter user joked: "When your girlfriend skims past your secret ‘calculator’ nude app and you can keep cheating on her.”
“If he has a calculator photo locker app sis, he is cheating on you”, another warned.
Reacting to the original TikTok, one social media user summed up most of our feelings by writing: "That’s why we’re not dating men anymore."
