Due to its asynchronous and discreet nature, people don’t have to be in physical proximity or expect immediate responses.

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
    322·
    4 months ago

    Texting is the opposite of discreet. It produces a written record of everything that’s said.

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      Yeah but going through your partners phone without consent is a breach of trust and asking to go through their phone only happens once you suspect something. I’d say texting makes cheating easier to hide but also easier to prove

    • ramble81@lemm.eeOP
      5·
      4 months ago

      Apps like Snapchat, signal and WhatsApp offer disappearing messages. And all three of those aren’t recorded by your carrier. What then?