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Is sharing phone passwords the ultimate sign of commitment in modern dating?

Our phones are our lives, and—according to some monogamists—it doesn’t make sense not to share with someone you claim to love.

Privacy may be a myth in the Meta age—it’s surely been dubbed toxic in romantic relationships. If someone refuses to share their phone password with their partner, it might be a red flag: They’re hiding something. At least that’s what I hear from Gen Z boyfriends and girlfriends. They seem to like watching—and being watched—in the name of love. The way modern lovers track each other’s locations at all times, Apple should rename its Find My Phone feature to Find My Co-dependent.

It’s fascinating how a generation that insists on independence also suffers from the crippling anxiety of not having full access to their partner. I wish I were joking, but I have seen couples logged into the same Zomato app so they can watch what each of them eats. God forbid a midnight order of a burger and fries is placed, the caring partner immediately calls, “I thought we decided to eat healthy?” It’s pathetic, if you ask me.

Tatum Hunter wrote about the phenomenon in The Guardian and called it ‘the age of interpersonal surveillance’, which is a polite way of saying we’ve normalised keeping tabs on people we claim to trust. “Perhaps the clearest examples of eroding privacy norms come from romantic........

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