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Seemingly innocent iPhone app could be major red flag sign your partner is cheating
Relationship experts have shared many pointers on identifying a cheater in the past, from changes in behavior to half-hearted excuses about their whereabouts.
But now, it seems that cheaters have evolved to find new ways to get away with their infidelity, in a clever new method.
In fact, the tricky new technique has been described as the "perfect way to cheat" by one expert as more people catch on to using a particular app.
While many on social media have been left gobsmacked by it, podcasters have started to bring attention to the application, which we all have on our phones.
Not As We Planned podcast hosts Tash and Carly have explained how the Notes app could be dangerous for those in relationships.
The former chillingly explained: "If you suspect your partner is cheating, you don’t need to go into their WhatsApp, you don’t need to go into their Snapchat, you don’t need to go into their emails, you need to go into their notes - into their shared notes."
How the notes app helps cheaters
The podcast host went on, adding that Apple's shared notes feature can be used to send and receive flirty messages with a secret lover, while keeping it hidden.
Tash highlighted the scary part, pointing out that "there are no notifications and no trace."
While you may scoff at the claims, private detective Paul Evans, from I-Spy Detectives, said he has seen how sneaky cheaters can be, and how they will take advantage of this new method.
Speaking to Metro, the detective admitted that he has seen it all, stating: "Cheaters are deceitful by nature, so they will always find a way to cover their tracks."
He then started to highlight the dangers that the notes app represents, saying: "Using the notes app is perfect for them, because normal people like you or I wouldn’t think to use it as a messaging platform."
Evans has caught cheaters using this little-known method in the past, as "there isn’t an obvious trail you would get from a normal messaging app, and message dates or times can be deleted without a trail."
Unless cheaters become careless and stop covering their tracks, it can be hard to catch them in the act with the notes app.
You can easily delete the evidence, close the app, and go back to your life once you're finished.
Explaining that some may go the extra mile to hide exchanges, Evans said: "For example, a person may have an innocent shopping list in their notes app, but one item on that list could be a code word for a location, and a number could be the time that they plan to meet.
"To anyone looking at this, they wouldn’t suspect a thing, but to the people involved, it hides the conversation in plain sight."
The main change to look out for
Others may use a "shared calendar" or a "fake email account," but the private detective said that, above all, there is one thing you should be wary of - a behavior change.
Apparently, this is the easiest way to catch someone in the act, as Evans said: "If they become protective over their phone, their routine changes, or all of a sudden they start to take more care in their appearance, then alarm bells should start to ring.
"My advice to anyone who suspects their partner is cheating is not to start snooping through their phone, but monitor their behaviour and then start asking direct questions."
He urged people who are curious to avoid "snooping through their phone," but instead to monitor behavior and "ask direct questions."
You'd know better than anyone if "something doesn't match up," which could suggest that they are hiding something.
Obviously, if screen time on their notes app skyrockets, it could be a giveaway that they are speaking to someone they shouldn't be.


















