The cellphone has been blamed for ruining a number of relationships and marriages. However, some couples seek to foster trust by not being overly protective about access to their phones by their partners. It all starts and ends with the password.
While handing over control of your phone to allow your partner scroll through photos, text messages, M-Pesa account, emails, WhatsApp discussions, Instagram photos, Twitter posts and call history could be an indication of honesty, trust and openness, most people would rather keep the skeletons of their double lives, infidelity and secret financial transactions behind hard-to-crack passwords.