When it comes to betrayal, a smartphone can be a cheater’s best ally – offering countless virtual spaces for unfaithful partners to stash inappropriate images away from curious eyes.
A clever adulterer will utilize hidden folders, secret photo safes, a clever ‘deletion’ tactic, and even invisible storage to maintain their double life – but fortunately, as The Sun’s tech editor, I am familiar with all the spots where they might conceal their scandalous selfies.
Your phone allows you to easily hide photos – but that’s just the most basic tactic a cheater might employCredit: The Sun
While snooping on someone else's phone is not advisable, some partners may feel desperate when dealing with a deceitful lover hiding an affair.
Of course, hiding images could also stem from a legitimate reason, such as protecting family photos if children or others use your device. Fortunately, there are various methods to do this.
I dedicate a lot of time exploring lesser-known features of smartphones for my work, so here’s where photos may be concealed.
TACTIC #1 – HIDING PHOTOS
Let's begin with the simplest method: hiding photos.
This is the bare minimum a cheater would do to hide an image, requiring minimal effort or knowledge.
All a cheater needs to do is open the Photos app, press and hold the image thumbnail, and then select Hide Photo.
The image will vanish into a designated Hidden album within their photo library.
They could even navigate to Settings > > Photos and disable the option that reveals the existence of a Hidden album. Clever.
TACTIC #2 – PHOTO DELETION
A more sophisticated deceiver might employ a similar but subtler tactic.
When a photo is deleted, it doesn't truly disappear from the device.
Instead, it is moved to the Recently Deleted folder.
Some cheaters may delete their photos and then access them from that Recently Deleted folder instead.
This folder is cleared every 30 days.
However, it’s easy to restore the images and delete them again to reset that timer.
‘Fake deleting’ is a simple trick for cheaters to useCredit: The Sun
TACTIC #3 – FILES APP
A step up from that is the Files app, which many users overlook.
Typically, people save images to their Photos album, but it’s not the sole option for storing pictures on your phone.
Content can also be saved in the Files app, including photos, videos, PDFs, and more.
To try it: go to your Photos, click the share button, and select Save To Files.
The Files app may be an adulterer’s best friendCredit: The Sun
You can then remove the image from your Photos, but it will still remain in Files.
This is a straightforward yet highly effective method for concealing a risqué image or video.
TACTIC #4 – FILE DELETION
Earlier, I mentioned that you can delete photos and still access them in Recently Deleted?
This trick also applies to the Files app.
The deletion trick also works within the Files appCredit: The Sun
Thus, someone could be saving their questionable images to Files, then deleting them.
But they aren't truly gone; they are simply in the Recently Deleted folder of the Files app.
Like in Photos, those files will remain there for 30 days before being permanently deleted.
As a result, a deceitful partner could easily restore and delete them to bypass that deadline, keeping images saved indefinitely.
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Your phone allows you to easily hide photos – but that’s just the most basic tactic a cheater might employCredit: The Sun
‘Fake deleting’ is a simple trick for cheaters to useCredit: The Sun
The Files app may be an adulterer’s best friendCredit: The Sun
The deletion trick also works within the Files appCredit: The Sun
